Page 369

COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 04/2021

SYSTEMATIC ALIEN VERIFICATION (SAVE)

0010.18.11.03

● Asylum Applicant Acknowledgement of Receipt Notices.

● Parole documents for a Cuban/Haitian Entrant.

Once SAVE has been run on one of these documents, SAVE should not be run again until the person reports an immigration status change. The immigration status/classification granted by these documents does not expire within a certain amount of time. The document may expire but the person’s status does not expire.

SAVE users should review the SAVE homepage for USCIS updates and alerts, including immigration document extensions and other critical updates.

When to Run a SAVE Report: Scenario

Yes, run a SAVE report

No, do not run a SAVE report

What should a user do?

A non-citizen household member who is not a mandatory household member and is not applying for benefits, and/or are applying for benefits only on behalf of others.

X Do not run a SAVE report for people who are not mandatory household members and/or who are not applying for benefits. Do not ask any further questions about the person’s immigration status.

A unit withdraws its application for assistance.

X After a unit withdraws its application, do not run a SAVE report and close the case. If people have reported that they are closing their case due to fears regarding their immigration status or public charge, follow the guidance at 0011.03.17 (Non-Citizens - Public Charge).

A unit transitions from one cash program to another without a break in eligibility, where no change in immigration status is reported.

X Do not run a SAVE report, keep the codes on the STAT/IMIG panel in MAXIS the same as under the previous cash case.

A person presents an immigration document or immigration court order.

X Follow the process set out in 0011.03.33 (Non-Citizens – Immigration Court Orders), and immediately submit a policy question through PolicyQuest.

Survivor of Human Trafficking presents a Certification letter from the Department of Health and Human Services.

X To verify a Certification Letter for a survivor of human trafficking, call the telephone number to the trafficking verification line listed in the last paragraph of the letter to verify the letter. See 0011.03.30 (Non- Citizens - Trafficking Victims).

A unit with a non-citizen household member is up for recertification and no changes are reported.

X Do not run a SAVE report upon every recertification as an annual check. Only run SAVE upon recertification if a person has reported a change in immigration status.

A unit with a non-citizen household member is up for recertification and changes to immigration status are reported.

X

If a person who is a non-citizen reports a change to immigration status, run SAVE. This includes a person renewing a status or obtaining a new status. SAVE needs to be run on all immigration status updates and changes. SAVE users should not guess