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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SATISFACTORY IMMIGRATION STATUS QUALIFIED ALIENS

Category 2: Qualified Aliens continued

Category

Documentation WMS ACI Code Federal Financial Participation (FFP)

Social Security Number (SSN) Requirement Amerasians

►I-94 Arrival/Departure Record of Vietnamese passport or exit visa stamped “AM1, AM2, AM3, AM6, AM7, or AM8”; ►I-551 Permanent Resident Card coded “AM1, AM2, AM3, AM6, AM7, or AM8”; ►Temporary I-551 stamp in Vietnamese passport “AM1, AM2, AM3, AM6, AM7, or AM8”; or ►I-571 Refugee Travel Document.

R

YES

Immigrants with or without work authorization are required to apply for a Social Security Number.

LDSS must provide Immigrants with a letter addressed to SSA for those immigrants without work authorization who met all the eligibility requirements for federal or state benefits, except for having an SSN. (08 OHIP INF-2)

Note: Pregnant women are excluded from this requirement. Victims of a Severe Form of Human Trafficking ►I-94 Arrival/Departure Record coded T1, T2, T3, T4 or T5 stating admission under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA if status is granted for at least one year; ►Certification letter (for adults) or eligibility letter (for children) from the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Must call 1-866-401-5510 for verification; or ►I-797 Notice of Action acknowledging receipt of I-914, Application for T non- immigrant status.

D Upstate

R NYC

YES Veterans

(Immediate family members: documentation of relationship to veteran.) ►DD Form 214 showing “Honorable” discharge; or ►Original or notarized copy of the veteran’s discharge papers.

V

YES Persons on active duty in the Armed Forces and their immediate family members ►Military I.D. card -DD Form 2 (active); ►Original or notarized copy of current orders showing the person is on full-time duty in U.S. Armed Forces;

(Immediate family members must show documentation of relationship to the person on active duty.)

M

YES (MRG)