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However, when an applicant or member lacks any identity documentation needed to apply for a birth certificate or lacks any citizenship documentation to be able to apply for an ID card, it is appropriate to consider using a written affidavit for citizenship and/or identity. In order to obtain birth certificates or state ID cards for applicants or members, agencies must follow the process outlined in Process Help, Section 19.3.5.6 Agency Documentation Requests. 4.2.6 Reserved 4.2.7 Situations Which Require Special Documentation Processing 4.2.7.1 Person Add A person being added to a case is subject to the verification requirement at the time of their request for benefits. If the applicant is not exempt and citizenship is not verified by SSA, inform them of the documentation requirement and give them the 95-day reasonable opportunity period to comply. Grant eligibility if the person is otherwise eligible. If documentation is not received timely, terminate BadgerCare Plus for that person only. 4.2.7.2 Presumptive Eligibility/Express Enrollment (EE) Qualified providers who conduct BadgerCare Plus presumptive eligibility/express enrollment determinations must not apply the citizenship and identification documentation requirement to persons seeking presumptive eligibility. Persons determined presumptively eligible for BadgerCare Plus are not subject to the documentation requirement until they file a formal application with the local Income Maintenance agency. 4.2.7.3 Individuals Without Verification and Effect on Household Eligibility IM workers should not delay an individual household member’s eligibility when awaiting another household members’ citizenship or identity verification. The individual pending for citizenship/identity should be counted as part of the group when determining eligibility for other group members. See Process Help, Section 19.3.5 Citizenship and Identity Verification, for processing instructions. 4.2.7.4 Child Citizenship Act Certain foreign-born individuals have derivative U.S. citizenship as a result of the Child Citizenship Act (CCA) (see SECTION 4.1.1. CHILD CITIZENSHIP ACT). IM workers should not request citizenship documentation for persons claiming U.S. citizenship through the CCA. In these cases, IM workers must instead verify U.S. citizenship of one parent. The parent’s U.S. citizenship is the basis for the child receiving derivative citizenship. The parent's U.S. citizenship is considered evidence of the child's citizenship only. The child must provide another document to verify their identity (see SECTION 4.2.4.3 EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY). 4.2.7.5 Non-U.S. Citizens IM agencies must not request or require citizenship or identity documentation from persons who have not declared that they are U.S. citizens. Non-U.S. citizens who apply for IM programs are not subject to the citizenship verification policy. Documented non-U.S. citizens are subject to the verification process through Federal Data Services Hub (FDSH) and Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), and