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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CITZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS
“SPECIAL NON-IMMIGRANT”
Category 4: Special Non-Immigrants Category Documentation WMS ACI Code Federal Financial Participation (FFP) Social Security Number (SSN) Requirement Special Non-immigrants: Some categories of non-immigrant status allow the status holder to work and eventually adjust to lawful permanent residence. These categories allow the individual to apply for the adjustment to LPR status after he or she has had the non-immigrant status for a period of time. As SPECIAL NON-IMMIGRANTS, (K), (S), (T)*, and (V) visa holders are PRUCOL and are eligible for Medicaid/FHPlus/CHPlus. * Victims of Trafficking (T visas) receive benefits to the same extent as refugees (04 OMM/ADM-7). ►I-94 Arrival/Departure Record coded K3, K4, V1, V2, or V3, T*, U, or S; ►I-797 indicating the USCIS has received, taken action on or approved an application or petition; ►Postal Return Receipt addressed to the USCIS or copy of cancelled check to the USCIS and a copy of the of the enclosed documents submitted to the USCIS, or ►Correspondence to or from the USCIS, showing that the person is living in the U.S. with the knowledge and permission or acquiescence of the USCIS, and the USCIS does not contemplate enforcing the person’s departure from the U.S.
O PRUCOL*
*Except for Victims of Trafficking
NO LDSS must provide immigrants with a letter addressed to SSA for those immigrants without work authorization who met all the eligibility requirement for federal or state benefits, except for having an SSN. (08 OHIP INF- 2)
Note: Pregnant women are excluded from this requirement
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