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BRIDGES ELIGIBILITY MANUAL STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Band of Kickapoos living near the U.S./Mexican border. A classification code KIC and a statement on the back denote U.S. citizenship. • Northern Mariana Card (I-873). INS issued this form to a collectively naturalized citizen of the U.S. who was born in the Northern Mariana Islands before November 4, 1986. The card is no longer issued, but those previously issued are still valid. • Final adoption decree. The decree must show the child’s name and U.S. place of birth. In situations in which an adoption is not finalized and the state in which the child was born will not release a birth certificate prior to final adoption, a statement from a state-approved adoption agency that shows the child’s name and U.S. place of birth is acceptable. The adoption agency must state in the certification that the source of the place of birth information is an original birth certificate. • Evidence of civil service employment by the U.S. government. The document must show employment by the U.S. government prior to June 1, 1976. • Official military record of service. The document must show a U.S. place of birth, (a DD-214 or similar official document showing a U.S. place of birth). • A verification with the Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database. • Evidence of meeting the automatic criteria for U.S. citizenship outlined in the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. The Child Citizenship Act of 2000 allows certain foreign-born, bio- logical and adopted children of American citizens to acquire Ameri- can citizenship at birth, but they are granted citizenship when they enter the United States as lawful permanent residents. The child must meet all the following requirements: • Have at least one American citizen parent by birth or naturalization. • Be under 18 years of age. • Live in the legal and physical custody of the American citizen parent.