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■ SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP 431.1 Non-Citizen SNAP Program Eligibility Chart (toc) PROGRAM ELIGIBLE NON-CITIZEN GROUPS UNDER H.R. 1 ELIGIBILITY Effective Date SNAP Non-citizen U.S. nationals • Cuban and Haitian entrants • Compacts of Free Association (COFA) citizens Eligible immediately, with no waiting period, if they meet all other SNAP financial and non- financial eligibility requirements. SNAP Groups Required to Become LPRs but Exempt From the Five-Year Bar Groups Subject to 5-year Waiting Period After Adjusted Status to LPR If all other SNAP eligibility requirements are met, a person is not subject to the 5 year waiting period if they: Refugees Individuals Granted Asylum (Asylees) Deportation Withheld Amerasian Immigrants American Indians Born Abroad Hmong or Highland Laotian Tribal Members (Assisted U.S. in military or rescue operations in the Vietnam era, August 5, 1964 – May 7, 1975) this includes their spouse and unmarried dependent children. Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants (SIV) Afghan Nationals Granted Parole Between July 31, 2021, and September 30, 2023 Ukrainian Nationals Granted Parole Between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024 Victims of Severe Trafficking Conditional Entrants Battered non-Citizens Individuals Granted Parole for a Period of at Last One Year Are under age 18 Have 40 qualifying work quarters Are blind or disabled Are lawfully residing in the U.S. and age 65 or older on August 22, 1996 Have a U.S. military connection A-431.1 CITIZENSHIP Non-Citizen SNAP Program Eligibility Chart Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 01 May 26 MTL 06/26