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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 15
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 2 Chapter 15 Noncitizens, Refugees, and Citizenship
CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP An identity document proving U.S. citizenship. CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION An identity document proving U.S. citizenship. CHANGE OF NONIMMIGRANT STATUS The action of changing a nonimmigrant's classification (e.g., from visitor to student). CITIZEN A person born in a country or who has become a naturalized citizen of that country. CONDITIONAL ENTRANT A status that is now considered obsoleted which used to refer to individuals granted conditional entry under the same criteria as a refugee. CONDITIONAL PERMANENT RESIDENT A conditional permanent resident receives a Permanent Resident Card valid for two years. In order to remain a permanent resident, a conditional permanent resident must file a petition to remove the condition during the 90 days before the card expires. The conditional card cannot be renewed. The conditions must be removed, or permanent resident status will be lost. CONDITIONAL RESIDENT NONCITIZEN A noncitizen granted conditional resident status based on marriage to a U.S. citizen or national, or a permanent resident noncitizen; conditional status is removed after two years if USCIS rules favorably on a petition by the noncitizen for retention of lawful permanent residence. (The noncitizen's children, under the age of 18, can also be granted this status.) During the pendency of any such petition not adjudicated by the end of the two years, the noncitizen can present his I-551 and an USCIS receipt for the filed petition as proof of work authorization. CUBAN/HAITIAN ENTRANT The status afforded to (a) Cubans who entered the U.S. illegally between April 15, 1980, and October 10, 1980, and to (b) Haitians who entered the country illegally before January 1, 1981. This status is covered by Section 520(e) of Public Law 96-422. DOCUMENT VERIFICATION REQUEST (FORM G-845) A form designed for use by entitlement benefit agencies to request secondary verification of noncitizen status from USCIS under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. This is used by the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement (SAVE) Coordinator for such requests to USCIS.