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Families and Children Manual Section: Non-Financial Eligibility Requirements Policy Manual Number: 005.010 Chapter: Citizenship and Immigration

official that provide the required information.

ii. Evidence of Citizenship

If an applicant does not provide stand-alone documentary evidence, the following must be accepted as satisfactory evidence to establish citizenship if also accompanied by acceptable evidence of identity:

1. A U.S. public birth certificate showing birth in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico (if born on or after January 13, 1941), Guam, the Virgin Islands of the U.S., American Samoa, Swains Island, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) (after November 4, 1986). The birth record document may be issued by a state, commonwealth, territory, or local jurisdiction. If the document shows the individual was born in Puerto Rico or the CNMI before these areas became part of the U.S., the individual may be a collectively naturalized citizen. The following will establish U.S. citizenship for collectively naturalized individuals: a. Puerto Rico: i. Evidence of birth in Puerto Rico and the applicant’s statement that he was residing in the U.S., a U.S. possession, or Puerto Rico on January 13, 1941. b. Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)): i. Evidence of birth in the NMI, TTPI citizenship, and residence in the NMI, the U.S., or a U.S. territory or possession on November 3, 1986, (NMI local time) and the applicant’s statement that he did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time); ii. Evidence of TTPI citizenship, continuous residence in the NMI since before November 3, 1981 (NMI local time), voter registration before January 1, 1975, and the applicant’s statement that he did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time); iii. Evidence of continuous domicile in the NMI since before January 1, 1974 and the applicant’s statement that he did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986 (NMI local time). Note: If a person entered the NMI as a nonimmigrant and lived in the NMI since January 1, 1974, this does not constitute continuous domicile and the individual is not a U.S. citizen. 2. A cross match with a state Vital Statistics agency documenting a record of birth; 3. A Certification of Report of Birth, issued to U.S. citizens who were born outside the U.S.; 4. A Report of Birth Abroad of a U.S. Citizen; 5. A Certification of Birth in the U.S.; 6. A U.S. Citizen I.D. card; 7. A Northern Marianas Identification Card issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (or predecessor agency); 8. A final adoption decree showing the child’s name and U.S. place of birth, or if an adoption is not final, a statement from a state-approved adoption agency that