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Page | 52 ALIEN ADMITTED AS: SNAP ELIGIBILITY ACCEPTABLE VERIFICATIONS OF STATUS: any quarter if an individual received SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, or SSI benefit at any time in the quarter.

iii. LPR – 5-Year Lawful Resident (ACCESS Code “F”)

iv. LPR – Disabled Individual (ACCESS Code “Y” (SNAP only)

v. LPR – Child under 18 (ACCESS Code “K” (SNAP only)

vi. LPT – Elderly (ACCESS Code “X” (SNAP only)

vii. LPR – U.S. Military Connection

viii. LPR – Other ACESS Code “Z” (SNAP only) 4. Eligible if lawfully residing in U.S. if disabled individual.

5. Eligible if lawfully residing in U.S. if a child under age 18.

6. Eligible if lawfully residing in U.S. on 08/22/96 if over age 65 (if elderly individual entered after 08/22/96, must meet other alien eligibility criteria or ineligible).

7. Eligible regardless of entry date if active duty in the military (excluding National Guard) or is an honorably discharged veteran whose discharge is not because of immigration status (includes spouse, surviving spouse if not married, and unmarried dependent children). A discharge “Under Honorable Conditions”, which is not the same as an honorable discharge, does not meet this requirement.

8. Eligible regardless of LPR start date if entered U.S. as one of the following groups: Refugees, Individuals Granted Asylum, Deportation Withheld, Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants (SIV), Certain Afghan Nationals Granted Parole Between 07/31/2021 and 09/30/2023, Certain Ukrainian Nationals Granted Parole Between July 31, 2021 and 09/30/2024 or Victims of Severe Trafficking showing the individual is on fulltime duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (Reserves are not considered active duty); DD214 indicating honorable discharge; or Discharge papers indicating honorable discharge f) For Code “Z” must provide proof of immigration status prior to gaining LPR status as well as LPR status and start date (application for LPR status does not give eligibility, only after approval of LPR status)

4. Amerasian under 584 ACCESS Code: “A”

Eligible regardless of date of entry. a) I-94 stamped with an unexpired temporary I-551 stamp with the code AM1, AM2, or AM3; or b) INS Form I-551 with code AM6, AM7, or AM8; or g) Foreign passport stamped with an unexpired temporary I-551 stamp with the code AM1, AM2, or AM3; 5. Native American Born in Canada or Member of a Federally

Eligible regardless of date of entry.

a) I-551 (Alien Registration Receipt Card) with Code S13