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N.J.A.C. 10:71-3.3 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 57 No. 12, June 16, 2025 NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 71. MEDICAID ONLY > SUBCHAPTER 3. ELIGIBILITY FACTORS § 10:71-3.3 Citizenship; alien status-documentation requirements (a) A person born in the United States is, by definition, a United States citizen. The United States is defined as the Continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Native-born persons of American Samoa, Swains Island and the Northern Mariana Islands are also regarded as citizens of the United States. Additionally, persons recognized as citizens of the United States pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1401 are also regarded as citizens of the United States. (b) Naturalized citizens are those persons upon whom United States citizenship is conferred after birth. This may be accomplished through individual or collective naturalization or, under certain conditions, citizenship may be derived from a naturalized parent. Thus, a child(ren) of a naturalized parent(s) is automatically considered a naturalized citizen(s). Women who themselves could be lawfully naturalized and, prior to September 22, 1922, were married to citizens, or were married to aliens who became citizens before that date, automatically became citizens. On and after that date, standard U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services conditions have to be met before any person can become a naturalized citizen. 1. A naturalized citizen, unless automatically naturalized as outlined above, should have his or her naturalization certificate as proof of citizenship. If the applicant does not have this document, the county social service board should contact the nearest U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) district office to verify that the applicant meets the requirements of a naturalized citizen. (c) The following aliens, if present in the United States prior to August 22, 1996, and if otherwise meeting the eligibility criteria, are entitled to full Medicaid benefits: 1. An alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 2. A refugee admitted pursuant to section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 3. An asylee admitted pursuant to section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 4. An alien whose deportation has been withheld pursuant to section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 5. An alien who has been granted parole for at least one year by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 6. An alien who has been granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of the immigration law in effect prior to April 1, 1980; 7. An alien who is granted status as a Cuban or Haitian entrant pursuant to section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; 8. An American Indian born in Canada to whom the provisions of section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act apply; 9. A member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act;