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TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF TANF SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP 456.1 Identification (toc) Examples of acceptable identification evidence which the applicant may provide include, but are not limited to, a driver’s license, a work or school ID, and ID for health benefits or from another assistance or social services program, a voter registration card, wage stubs, or a birth certificate. Any documents which establish the applicant’s identity must be accepted, and no requirement for a specific type of document, such as a birth certificate, maybe imposed. 460 HOUSEHOLDS WITH SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES (toc) 461 SPONSORED NON-CITIZENS (toc) Eligible legal non-citizens may be sponsored by an individual meeting sponsorship requirement. 461.1 Definition (toc) A sponsored non-citizen is a non-citizen for whom a person (the sponsor) has executed an affidavit of support (USCIS Form I-864 or I-864A) on behalf of the non-citizen pursuant to section 213 of the INA. Sponsored non-citizens entering the country on or after August 22, 1996, are sponsored under a legally enforceable affidavit of sponsorship. This sponsorship remains in effect and the sponsor’s income must be deemed until one of the following conditions are met: • The non-citizen gains U.S. Citizenship; • The non-citizen has worked or can receive credit for 40 qualifying quarters or; • The sponsor dies. Note: Not all non-citizens must obtain a sponsor before being admitted into the United States. 461.2 Non-Citizens Not Affected by Sponsor Deeming (toc) Sponsor deeming rules do not apply to the following individuals: • Non-citizens who are not required by USCIS to have a sponsor; • Non-citizens who are refugees, parolees, asylum grantees, or Cuban/Haitian entrants. • Non-citizens whose sponsors receive TANF or SSI. • Non-citizens admitted to the United States before April 1, 1980, under Section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. • Non-citizens who are not required to have a sponsor under the Immigration and Nationality Act, such as refugees, parolees, asylum grantees or Cuban/Haitian entrants. • Non-citizens who are members of their sponsor’s SNAP case. • Non-citizens who are sponsored by an organization or group as opposed to an individual. B-461.1 SPECIALIZED HOUSEHOLDS Division of Social Services Eligibility and Payments Manual 09 July 26 MTL 11/26 Identification