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Aged, Blind and Disabled Section: Non-Financial Eligibility Requirements Policy Manual Number: 100.010 Chapter: ABD Citizenship and Immigration

Homeland Security is considered stand-alone evidence. Applicants whose immigration status is verified via the Hub are not required to submit additional information.

c. Documentary Evidence of Citizenship

When unable to verify citizenship or immigration status using electronic data sources, the individual must promptly provide satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship status. Section 1903(x) of the Social Security Act requires that specific documentation be used to verify citizenship status, according to the reliability of the document (42 USC 1396b(x)).

Stand-alone evidence of citizenship is documentary evidence that must be accepted without any additional evidence of identity. If stand-alone evidence of citizenship cannot be provided, the second level of citizenship evidence must be accepted if the applicant also provides sufficient evidence of identity.

A photocopy, facsimile, scanned, or other copy of a document must be accepted to the same extent as an original document under this section, unless information on the submitted document is inconsistent with other information available or there is reason to question the validity of the document or information on the document.

i. Stand-alone Evidence of Citizenship

The following must be accepted as sufficient evidence of citizenship:

1. A U.S. passport, including a U.S. passport card issued by the U.S. Department of State, without regard to any expiration date as long as such passport or card was issued without limitation; 2. A Certificate of Naturalization; 3. A Certificate of U.S. Citizenship; 4. An enhanced driver’s license issued by Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, or Washington; 5. A data match with the SSA; and 6. Documentary evidence issued by a federally recognized Indian Tribe, as published by the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the U.S. Department of the Interior, and including Tribes located in a state that has an international border, which:

a. Identifies the federally recognized Indian Tribe that issued the document; b. Identifies the individual by name; and c. Confirms the individual’s membership, enrollment, or affiliation with the Tribe.

Documents described in this subsection include, but are not limited to: a tribal enrollment card, Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, Tribal Census Document, and documents on tribal letterhead, issued under the signature of the appropriate tribal