122.1 Purpose

All of the policy and procedures described in the following sections apply to migrant households with the exception of expedited service.

122.2 General Information

Migrants who are not citizens must meet the same non-citizen eligibility requirements as other non-citizens (See Section 120).

122.3 Definition of a Migrant Worker

A migrant worker is a person who moves from one region or locality to another to work or seek work in agriculture or a related seasonal industry. Migrant workers move so far in the course of their regular annual employment that they establish temporary residences at one or more locations away from the place they call home.

122.4 Applications

Because migrant households often reside in isolated areas and may have no access to a telephone or may have transportation problems, it is often necessary to waive face-to-face office interviews or conduct onsite interviews.

Applications may be taken and processed at the labor camps when the local director determines that this will result in more efficient use of staff and promote prompt and expeditious handling of applications.

Migrant households frequently have little or no income at the time of application and may be destitute even though they receive income at some other time during the month of application.

Carefully screen all applications to identify those requiring expedited service, and to apply the special income calculation for destitute households. The destitute provision applies only to migrant households.