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BEM 225 10 of 46 CITIZENSHIP/NON-CITIZEN STATUS BPB 2026-017 7-1-2026
BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
• Under age 18 now. • Non-citizen deportation withheld, persons born in Canada who are at least 50% American Indian and certain Afghan nationals granted parole between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023, and certain Ukrainian nationals granted parole between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024. • Cuban/Haitian entrant. • Amerasian under P.L. 100-202 (class code AM on the I- 551). • Victim of Trafficking. FIP, SDA, MA, CDC and SNAP • Compact of Free Association (COFA) citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau entrant. FIP, SDA and MA • Non-citizen admitted into the U.S. with one of the following immigration statuses: Lawful Permanent Resident with a class code on the I-551 other than RE, AM or AS. Non-citizen paroled into the U.S. for at least one year under INA Section 212(d)(5). Exception (both statuses above): The eligibility of a non- citizen admitted into the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996, with one of these statuses is restricted as follows unless the non- citizen is a qualified military non-citizen or the spouse or dependent child of a qualified military non-citizen: For FIP, an individual is disqualified for the first five years in the U.S. For SDA, an individual is disqualified. For MA an individual is limited to emergency services for the first five years in the U.S.