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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS

CITIZENS

Category 1: U.S. Citizens continued

Category Documentation

WMS ACI Code Federal Financial Participation (FFP) Social Security Number (SSN) Requirement

Collectively Naturalized

Evidence that establishes U.S. Citizenship for Collectively Naturalized individuals.

Puerto Rico ►Evidence of birth in Puerto Rico on or after 4/11/1899 and the applicant’s or recipient’s (A/R’s) statement that he or she was residing in the U.S., a U.S. possession or Puerto Rico on 1/13/1941; or ►Evidence that the A/R was a Puerto Rican citizen and the A/R’s statement that he or she was residing in Puerto Rico on 3/1/1917 and that he or she did not take an oath of allegiance to Spain.

U.S. Virgin Islands ►Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the A/R’s statement of residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on 2/25/1927; or ►The A/R’s statement indicating residence in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Danish citizen on 1/17/1917 and residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on 2/25/1927, and that he or she did not make a declaration to maintain Danish citizenship; or ►Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the A/R’s statement indicating residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or territory or the Canal Zone on 6/28/1932.

Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [TTPI]) ►Evidence of birth in the NMI, TTPI citizenship and residence in the NMI, the U.S., or a U.S. territory or possession on 11/3/1986 (NMI local time) and the A/R’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign State on 11/4/1986 (NMI local time); or ►Evidence of TTPI citizenship, continuous residence in the NMI since before 11/3/1981 (NMI local time), voter registration prior to 1/1/1975 and the A/R’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign State on 11/4/1986 (NMI local time); or ►Evidence of continuous domicile in the NMI since before 1/1/1974 and the A/R’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign State on 11/4/1986 (NMI local time). If a person entered the NMI as a nonimmigrant and lived in the NMI since 1/1/1974, this does not constitute continuous domicile and the individual is not a U.S. citizen.

C

YES

A SSN is an eligibility requirement for all citizens applying for Medicaid or FHP.

Note: Pregnant women are excluded from this requirement

(MRG)