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◦ Remained continuously present from their date of arrival in the U.S. until the date they gained qualified immigration status. For those non-citizens who arrived in the U.S. before August 22, 1996, but whose continuous presence cannot be verified, the five-year waiting period applies from the date the individual obtained a qualified immigration status.

An individual meets the "continuous presence" test if they: • Did not have a single absence from the U.S. of more than 30 days, or • Did not have a cumulative number of absences totaling more than 90 days. 6. Have a military service/connection.

Applicants may be eligible for Medicaid if they meet any of the following criteria related to military service: • Honorably discharged veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. This is defined as persons who were honorably discharged after any of the following: ◦ Serving for at least 24 months in the U.S. Armed Forces. ◦ Serving for the period for which the person was called to active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. ◦ Serving less than 24 months but was discharged or released from active duty for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. ◦ Serving less than 24 months but was discharged for family hardship. ◦ Serving in the Philippine Commonwealth Army or as a Philippine Scout during World War II.

• On active duty (other than active duty for training) in the U.S. Armed Forces. • 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 Medicaid. 8. Also be considered a Cuban/Haitian Entrant. 9. Lawful permanent residents 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.