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BEM 225 11 of 46 CITIZENSHIP/NON-CITIZEN STATUS BPB 2026-017 7-1-2026

BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

• Non-citizen granted conditional entry under INA section 203(a)(7). • Lawful Permanent Resident with an I-151, Alien Registration Receipt Card. (not acceptable for MA verification) FIP, MA • A non-citizen who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States or whose child or parent has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States. Exception: The eligibility of a battered alien admitted into the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996, is restricted as follows: For FIP, clients are disqualified for the first five years in the U.S. For MA, clients are limited to emergency services for the first five years in the U.S. A non-citizen is considered a battered alien if all the following conditions are met: The USCIS or the Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR) has granted a petition or found that a pending peti- tion sets forth a prima facie case that the non-citizen is eligible for legal permanent resident status (LPR) by way of being one of the following: - A spouse or child of a U.S. citizen or LPR. - The widow or widower or a U.S. citizen to whom the non-citizen had been married for at least two years before the citizen’s death. - A battered alien, or the non-citizen parent of a battered child, or the non-citizen child of a battered parent. The abuse was committed by the non-citizen’s spouse or parent, or by a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the non-citizen, and the spouse or parent consented to such battery or cruelty (and if the victim was the non-citizen’s child, the non-citizen did not participate in or condone the abuse).