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Nevada Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Energy Assistance Program Manual VII. Battered Spouse or Child: Documentation: 1) Veteran – proof of legal entrance in U.S. DD-214 or proof of active military service, birth/marriage certificate; 2)Other – Approval Notice or “Notice of Prima Facie Case” under the 1994 Violence Against Woman Act (VAWA). VIII. Cuban/Haitian Entrants: Documentation: I-151, commonly referred to as a “green card.” IX. Amerasian Immigrants: I-94 Titled “Arrival Departure Record.” The document will be annotated with A1, A2 or A3; X. PRUCOL (Permanently Residing Under Color of Law): i. Appendix C in this manual verifies the Social Security Numbers (SSNs) issued prior to January 1, 1972. The numbers listed here establish a person is a permanent resident under color of law (PRUCOL). XI. Native American Indians: This provision was intended to cover Native Americans who are entitled to cross the U.S. border into Canada or Mexico. Documentation: Unexpired I-551 titled “Alien Registration Receipt Card” or “Permanent Resident Card” with code S13. If Canadian born, an unexpired temporary I-551 stamp, in a Canadian passport or on form I-94 “Arrival-Departure Record” with code S13; XII. Hmong or Highland Laotians: See Eligibility and Payments Manual. Many of these individuals are admitted as refugees; XIII. Victims of Trafficking: Documentation: 1) Adult: “Certification” letter issued from Health and Human Services (HHS); 2) Children: letter issued from HHS;

B. THE CATEGORIES OF NON CICITZENS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR EAP ARE AS FOLLOWS: I. All non-citizens without status in one of the above categories; II. Non-citizen here on time-limited visa to work, study, or travel; III. Undocumented non-citizens who entered as temporary residents and overstayed their visas, or are engaged in activities forbidden by their visa, or who entered without a visa; IV. Citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau. These individuals are not U.S. citizens nor are they immigrants. They are technically non-immigrants, however; they are allowed to enter, reside and work in the U.S; or V. Individuals who are given temporary administrative statuses (e.g. stay of deportation, voluntary departure) until they can formalize permanent statues, individuals paroled for less than one year, or individuals under deportation procedures. C. Eligibility Rules for Five-Year Bar

The five-year bar only applies to “Qualified Non-Citizens” who entered the United States on or after August 22, 1996. This means qualified non-citizens are ineligible for a period of 5 years beginning on the date of their entry into the United States if they entered after August 22, 1996, unless they qualify for one of the exemptions below:

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