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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M02 July 2017 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0220.000 CITIZENSHIP & ALIEN REQUIREMENTS M0220.500 19

7. Foreign Students foreign students; 8. International Organization international organization representatives and personnel, and their families and servants; 9. Temporary Workers temporary workers including some agricultural contract workers; 10. Foreign Press members of foreign press, radio, film, or other information media and their families. M0220.500 ALIENS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

A. Policy An alien must meet all other Medicaid eligibility requirements to be eligible for any Medicaid services. The eligibility requirements are: 1. Residency the Virginia residency requirements (M0230); Regardless of the individual’s immigration status or whether or not his documentation (e.g. visa) has expired, accept declaration of Virginia residency on the application as verification of residency. Do NOT require individuals who have been admitted into the U.S. on non-immigrant visas and other non- immigrants to sign a statement of intended residency. 2. Social Security Number (SSN) the SSN provision/application requirements (M0240); An alien eligible only for Medicaid payment of emergency services is not required to apply for or provide an SSN. This includes emergency services only aliens as defined in M0220.410 and unqualified aliens as defined in M0220. 411. Any non-citizen who is only eligible to receive an SSN for a valid non-work reason is not required to provide or apply for an SSN. These individuals include, but are not limited to, non-citizens admitted to the U.S. on non-immigrant visas and individuals who do not intend to work in the U.S. and would only have needed an SSN for the purposes of receiving public assistance.