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7.2.2 Reserved 7.2.3 U.S. Citizenship Verification Through the Social Security Administration (SSA) Data Exchange For individuals who meet the selection criteria below, a request is sent electronically to the SSA with the person’s name, verified Social Security Number (SSN), and date of birth for comparison to the SSA’s data. If the SSA verifies citizenship, no additional verification of citizenship is required. To be selected for this data exchange, a person must: • Be requesting health care. • Have declared they are a U.S. citizen or national. • Have provided an SSN. • Not belong to an exempt population listed in SECTION 7.2.1.2 EXEMPT POPULATIONS. • Not have already had their U.S. citizenship verified through other means. Non-exempt Medicaid applicants or members who do not provide an SSN, or whose SSN cannot be verified, cannot have their citizenship verified through the data exchange. They must meet the citizenship verification requirement by having their citizenship verified through a birth record query, SAVE, or by providing documentation as defined in SECTION 7.2.4 OTHER METHODS OF CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION. 7.2.4 Other Methods of Citizenship Verification For individuals who are not exempt from the U.S. citizenship verification requirement and have not had their U.S. citizenship verified by the Social Security Administration, agencies must first attempt to verify U.S. citizenship as follows: • For applicants born in Wisconsin, attempt verification of citizenship through a birth record query. • For applicants who had legal non-citizen status and subsequently gain U.S. citizenship, attempt verification of citizenship through SAVE. If verification cannot be obtained through the SSA, birth record query, or SAVE, the individual must provide verification of U.S. citizenship through either stand-alone documentation of citizenship (see SECTION 7.2.4.1 STAND-ALONE DOCUMENTATION OF CITIZENSHIP) or both documentation of citizenship (see SECTION 7.2.4.2 EVIDENCE OF CITIZENSHIP) and identity (see SECTION 7.2.4.3 EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY). Whether benefits may be granted while waiting for documentation to be provided and for how long are discussed under the Reasonable Opportunity Period for Verification of Citizenship (see SECTION 7.2.4.4 REASONABLE OPPORTUNITY PERIOD FOR VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP). If an individual has provided proof of U.S. citizenship in a state other than Wisconsin, the IM worker can either request that the individual resubmit the documentation or request and obtain a copy or electronic copy of the original documentation reviewed by the other state to keep on file in Wisconsin. If an applicant/member contacts the agency for help with verifying citizenship, work with him or her to determine if anything on the document list in Process Help Section 19.3.5.3 Automatically Populated Verification Codes and Acceptable Citizenship and Identity Documentation is readily available to the applicant/member. In certain circumstances the agency can authorize payment of documentation for an applicant/member. See SECTION 7.2.5 AGENCIES PAYING FOR DOCUMENTATION.