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MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL C-415.2 Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Medical Assistance Manual GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 23 Jan 05 MTL 01/23 C-415. 2 U.S. Virgin Islands ● Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the applicant’s statement of residence in the U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927; ● The applicant’s statement indicating residence in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Danish citizen on January 17, 1917 and residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927, and that they did not make a declaration to maintain Danish citizenship; or ● Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the applicant’s statement indicating residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or territory or the Canal Zone on June 28, 1932. C-415.3 Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) The Northern Mariana Islands were formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI). All dates given in this section are NMI local time due to the International Dateline. ● Evidence of birth in the NMI, TTPI citizenship and residence in the NMI, the U.S., or a U.S. territory or possession as of November 3, 1986 and the applicant’s statement they did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986. ● Evidence of TTPI citizenship, continuous residence in the NMI since before November 3, 1981, voter registration prior to January 1, 1975 and the applicant’s statement they did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986; or ● Evidence of continuous domicile in the NMI since before January 1, 1974 and the applicant’s statement they did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986. Note: If the 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.