001.03(C) PENDING VERIFICATION OF IMMIGRATION STATUS.

Until acceptable documentation of eligible immigration status is provided, a non-citizen is ineligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program unless: (i) The Department has submitted a copy of a document provided by the household to Citizenship and Immigration Services for verification; (ii) The Lawful Permanent Resident or the Department has: (1) Submitted a request to Social Security Administration for information regarding the number of quarters of work that can be credited to the individual; (2) Social Security Administration has responded that the individual has fewer than 40 quarters; and (3) The individual provides documentation from the Social Security Administration that the Social Security Administration is conducting an investigation to determine if more quarters can be credited; or (iii) The applicant or Department has submitted a request to a federal agency for verification of information which bears on the individual’s eligible alien status.