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■ TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP ● Conditional permanent residents: A person who receives LPR status through marriage to a U.S. citizen is granted conditional permanent resident status if he or she was married less than two years at the time LPR status was granted. After a person has had this status for two years, either the couple must file a joint petition with the USCIS to keep the immigrant spouse’s LPR status, or the immigrant spouse must file for a waiver of the joint petition requirement. ● Persons Granted Status Because They Fled Prosecution ● Refugees: Refugees are non-citizens who, while outside the U.S. and their home country, were granted permission to enter and reside in the U.S. because they have a well-founded fear of persecution in their home country. After one year in this status, refugees can apply to become LPRs. ● Iraqi and Afghani Special Immigrants – Effective December 26, 2007, Public Law 110-161, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 granted Iraqi and Afghan non-citizens special immigrant status under section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Individuals and family members granted this special immigrant status are eligible for resettlement assistance, TANF and entitlement programs including Medicaid, SNAP and other benefits the same as other refugees admitted under section 207 of the INA. Effective December 19, 2009, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 (Section 8120, P.L. 111-2009) provides that Iraqi and Afghani Special Immigrants are eligible for federal public benefits to the same extent and for the same time period as refugees. The application of this provision is not retroactive; therefore, those persons whose eligibility expired due to the previous 8 month eligibility period must reapply. Households currently receiving benefits will not be terminated at the 8 month time period and a redetermination and/or a recertification must be completed. ● Asylees: People already in the U.S. who fear persecution in their home country and satisfy the requirements for refugee status can apply for asylum in the U.S., although there are exceptions. A person granted asylum is an “asylee.” After one year in this status, asylees can apply to obtain LPR status. ● Persons granted withholding of deportation or withholding of removal: This status is similar to, but separate from, asylum for persons whose life or freedom would be threatened on return to their country. To obtain withholding, individuals must meet a higher evidentiary standard than for asylum, but if they meet this standard they must be granted withholding – unlike asylum, the status is not discretionary. Persons granted withholding may be deported to a third country if one will accept them, but they cannot be returned to their home country. Unlike refugee and asylee, this status does not provide a basis for individuals to obtain LPR status. CITIZENSHIP UNDOCUMENTED NON-CITIZEN REPORTING TO USCIS Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 01 May 26 MTL 06/26 A-440