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Note: Contact the EIOR Hotline at 1-800-898-7180 to verify if a Cuban or Haitian Entrant has a final, non-appealable, and legally enforceable order of removal, deportation, or exclusion, entered. Client confidentiality must be maintained when contacting this number and MDHHS case information should not be shared with the EIOR hotline, other than what is needed for confirmation of their status. • Status as a non-citizen whose deportation (removal) is withheld is indicated on a court order or letter from an immigration judge stating that deportation (removal) is withheld per INA section 241(b)(3) or 243(h). • Victim of trafficking status is confirmed with both: Original ORR certification and/or eligibility letter, or for victims under age 18, an original eligibility letter from ORR (See EXIBITS II and III). Telephone contact with the ORR trafficking verification line (1-866-401-5510) to verify the validity of the letters. Note: Victims of trafficking may also be identified with adjustment code ST6 on the I-551. • Any non-citizen status: G-641 annotated at the bottom by a USCIS representative. Information from the USCIS Records Section, 333 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, Michigan 48207. 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. MA • Nonimmigrant status: I-94, visa, passport or other USCIS correspondence granting non-immigrant status. Form I-20 ID (Student) Copy with a future D/S date verifies unexpired non-immigrant student status.

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BEM 225 36 of 46 CITIZENSHIP/NON-CITIZEN STATUS BPB 2026-017 7-1-2026

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

Note: Contact the EIOR Hotline at 1-800-898-7180 to verify if a Cuban or Haitian Entrant has a final, non-appealable, and legally enforceable order of removal, deportation, or exclusion, entered. Client confidentiality must be maintained when contacting this number and MDHHS case information should not be shared with the EIOR hotline, other than what is needed for confirmation of their status. • Status as a non-citizen whose deportation (removal) is withheld is indicated on a court order or letter from an immigration judge stating that deportation (removal) is withheld per INA section 241(b)(3) or 243(h). • Victim of trafficking status is confirmed with both: Original ORR certification and/or eligibility letter, or for victims under age 18, an original eligibility letter from ORR (See EXIBITS II and III). Telephone contact with the ORR trafficking verification line (1-866-401-5510) to verify the validity of the letters. Note: Victims of trafficking may also be identified with adjustment code ST6 on the I-551. • Any non-citizen status: G-641 annotated at the bottom by a USCIS representative. Information from the USCIS Records Section, 333 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, Michigan 48207. 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. MA • Nonimmigrant status: I-94, visa, passport or other USCIS correspondence granting non-immigrant status. Form I-20 ID (Student) Copy with a future D/S date verifies unexpired non-immigrant student status.