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MISSISSIPPI DIVISION OF MEDICAID Eligibility Policy and Procedures Manual CHAPTER 102 – Non-Financial Requirements Page |33 Effective Date: January 2019 Citizenship Addendum Explanation be a collectively naturalized citizen. Collective naturalization occurred on certain dates listed for each of the territories. U.S. Virgin Islands: Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the applicant/beneficiary’s statement of residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927; The applicant/beneficiary’s statement indicating resident in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Danish citizen on January 17, 1917, and residence in the U.S., a possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927, and that he or she did not make a declaration to maintain Danish citizenship; or Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the applicant/beneficiary’s statement indicating residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or territory or the Canal Zone on June 28, 1932. Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)) Evidence of birth in the NMI, TTPI citizenship and residence in the NMI, the U.S., or a U.S. territory or possession on November 3, 1986 (NMI local time) and the applicant/beneficiary’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time);Evidence of TTPI citizenship, continuous residence in the NMI since before November 3, 1981 (NMI local time), voter registration prior to January 1, 1975 and the applicant/beneficiary’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time); or Evidence of continuous domicile in the NMI since before January 1, 1974 and the applicant/beneficiary’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time). NOTE: If a person entered the NMI as a nonimmigrant and lived in the NMI since January 1, 1974, this does not constitute continuous domicile and the individual is not a U.S. citizen.