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• The spouse, unmarried and non-emancipated child under age 18, or surviving spouse of either an honorably discharged veteran or a person on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. A surviving spouse is defined as meeting all the following criteria: ◦ A spouse who was married to the deceased veteran for at least one year. ◦ A spouse who was married to the deceased veteran either: ◾ Before the end of a 15-year time span following the end of the period of military service, or ◾ For any period to the deceased veteran and a child was born of the marriage or was born before the marriage. ◦ A spouse who has not remarried since the marriage to the deceased veteran. 7. Are an Amerasian immigrant. • Amerasian immigrants, defined under §584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988, may be eligible for BadgerCare Plus. 8. Also be considered a Cuban/Haitian Entrant. 9. Lawful permanent residents (LPRs) who were previously a refugee, asylee, COFA migrant, Foreign-Born Member of a Tribal Nation or had their removal withheld are not required to have been in a qualifying immigration status for five years. See SECTION 4.3.3.1.4 VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING for specific policy regarding Victims of Trafficking. 4.3.3.2 Non-Citizen Lawfully Present Children, Young Adults, and Pregnant People Children younger than 19 years old, young adults younger than 21 years old who are residing in an Institute for Mental Diseases (IMD), and pregnant people may qualify for BadgerCare Plus if they are lawfully present in the U.S. under many of the immigrant and nonimmigrant statuses. For those who are not in a qualifying Immigrant category, but are lawfully present, use the Registration Status Code of 20 (see Process Help, Section 24.27 SAVE Responses Mapping to CARES Immigration Status Codes Chart for a list of SAVE Responses and the appropriate Registration Status Code in CWW to apply). 4.3.3.3 Immigrants Eligible for Other Health Care Programs Immigrants who are not a qualifying immigrant nor lawfully present (for example, someone who is undocumented) and who apply for BadgerCare Plus and meet all eligibility requirements except for citizenship and immigration status may be entitled to receive BadgerCare Plus Emergency Services only (see CHAPTER 39 EMERGENCY SERVICES). Pregnant immigrants who are not a qualifying immigrant nor lawfully present and who apply for BadgerCare Plus and meet the eligibility requirements, except for citizenship and immigration status, are entitled to receive BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Program benefits (see CHAPTER 41 BADGERCARE PLUS PRENATAL PROGRAM), BadgerCare Plus Emergency Services (see CHAPTER 39 EMERGENCY SERVICES), or both. 4.3.3.4 Impact of Immigrant Status on Household Immigration status is an individual eligibility requirement. An individual's immigration status does not affect the eligibility of the BadgerCare Plus Group. The citizen spouse or child of an ineligible immigrant may still be eligible even though the immigrant is not.