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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS

PRUCOL

attempt to verify whether the application remains pending or whether the federal immigration agency has adjudicated the application by granting or denying the requested status or relief. There are a few ways that the district can verify the current status of an application. The alien may have an I-797 Notice of Action, employment authorization document or other federal immigration agency document that contains a 13 character receipt number. If so, the district worker can access the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov and follow the instructions for checking the case status online. This on-line search can confirm the accuracy of the information in the document as well as whether the agency has approved the request.

However, if the alien does not have a document with a receipt number, or the district worker does not have access to the USCIS website, the worker should send a Document Verification Request, Form G-845, (also known as a Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) request) to USCIS. The worker should include copies of all documentation that the alien has submitted to, or received from, the federal immigration agency, and request that it verify the alien’s current status. As a general rule, the district worker should also send a G-845 Document Verification Request when the documentation does not clearly indicate a particular immigration status, the alien has presented expired documents or the worker has reason to believe that the documentation may be questionable in any respect.

The Medicaid worker should find the alien to be PRUCOL if the alien’s application remains pending with the federal immigration agency, not having yet been approved or denied, unless contradictory evidence indicates that the federal immigration agency is contemplating enforcing the alien’s departure from the U.S.

The alien would be PRUCOL from the date that the federal immigration agency received the application. The I-797 Notice of Action indicates the date of receipt. If the alien does not have an I-797 Notice of Action, the date of receipt can be verified from a U.S. Postal Service return receipt, a “signature confirmation” or a “delivery confirmation.” (MRG)