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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 7

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 36 Chapter 7 Verification

Fourth Level Documents Explanation to the applicant/client and who has personal knowledge of the event(s), would establish the applicant's or client's claim of citizenship. The person(s) making the affidavit must be able to provide proof of his own citizenship and identity for the affidavit to be accepted. If the affiant has information which explains why documentary evidence establishing the applicant's claim of citizenship does not exist or cannot be readily obtained, the affidavit should contain this information as well. It must also be signed under penalty of perjury by the person making the affidavit. A second affidavit from the applicant/client or other knowledgeable individual explaining why documentary evidence does not exist or cannot be readily obtained must also be requested. NOTE: Naturalized citizens can submit an affidavit to verify citizenship if this information cannot be found in the SAVE database.

7.4.3.E Evidence of Identity When primary evidence of citizenship described above is not available, a lower-level form of evidence may be presented, if accompanied by an identity document from the list in the table below. Recently expired identity documents are acceptable when there is no reason to believe the document does not match the individual. Documents to Establish Identity Explanation Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood, or other U.S. American Indian/Alaska Native tribal document. Acceptable if the document carries a photograph of the applicant or client, or has other personal identifying information relating to the individual. See Section 7.4.3.A for members of a federally-recognized Indian Tribe. Any identity document described in Section 274A(b) The following are acceptable documents for Medicaid: NOTE: To establish identity, a document must show evidence that provides identifying information that relates to the person named on the document.