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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 7

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 33 Chapter 7 Verification

Secondary Documents Explanation Final adoption decree The adoption decree must show the child's name and U.S. place of birth. If the adoption is not finalized and the State in which the child was born will not release a birth certificate prior to final adoption, a statement from a State approved adoption agency showing the child's name and U.S. place of birth is acceptable. The adoption agency must state that the place of birth information is an original birth certificate. Evidence of civil service employment by the U.S. government The document must show employment by the U.S. government before June 1, 1976. Official military record of service The document must show a U.S. place of birth. Department of Homeland Security’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program The SAVE Coordinator has access to the SAVE Program for verification of naturalized citizens. 7.4.3.C Third Level Documents to Establish U.S. Citizenship Third level evidence is used when neither primary nor secondary evidence of citizenship is available. Third level evidence may be used only when primary evidence cannot be obtained and secondary evidence does not exist or cannot be obtained, and the applicant or client alleges being born in the U.S. In addition, a second document establishing identity must be presented as described in Section 7.4.3.E. The Worker must accept any of the documents listed in the chart below as third level if the document meets the listed criteria, the applicant alleges birth in the U.S., and there is no indicator that the person is not a U.S. citizen. Third level evidence is generally a non-government document established for a reason other than to establish U.S. citizenship and showing a U.S. place of birth. The place of birth on the non-government document and the application must agree.