(a) The following
documentary evidence of citizenship is acceptable:
(1) U.S. passport, including a U.S. Passport
Card issued by the Department of State, without regard to any expiration date
as long as the passport or Card was issued without limitation;
(2) A certificate of U.S.
citizenship;
(3) A certificate of
naturalization;
(4) A valid
state-issued driver's license if the state issuing the license requires proof
of U.S. citizenship, or obtains and verifies a social security number from the
applicant who is a citizen before issuing such license.
(5) Documentary evidence issued by a
federally recognized Indian Tribe, by the Bureau of Indian Affairs within the
U.S. Department of the Interior, and including Tribes located in a State that
has an international border which:
(A)
Identifies the federally recognized Indian Tribe that issued the
document;
(B) Identifies the
individual by name; and
(C)
Confirms the individual's membership, enrollment, or affiliation with the
Tribe.
(6) Documents
described in paragraph (5) above include, but are not limited to:
(A) A Tribal enrollment card;
(B) A certificate of degree of Indian
blood;
(C) A Tribal census
document; and
(D) Documents on
Tribal letterhead, issued under the signature of the appropriate Tribal
official, that meet the requirements of paragraph (5).
(b) If documentary evidence of
citizenship described in subsection (a) are unavailable, the following shall be
accepted as satisfactory evidence to establish citizenship if also accompanied
by an identity document listed in section 17-1714.1-4:
(1) U.S. public birth certificate showing
birth in:
(A) One of the fifty
states;
(B) The District of
Columbia;
(F) Puerto Rico (if born on or after January
13,1941);
(G) U.S. Virgin Islands
(if born on or after January 17,1917);
(H) The Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands (CNMI) (if born on or after November 4, 1986);
(I) If the birth record document issued by
the State, commonwealth, territory or local jurisdiction shows the individual
was born in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands or the CNMI before these areas
became part of the U.S., the individual may be a collectively naturalized
citizen.
(2)
Certification of report of birth, issued to a U.S. citizen who was born outside
the U.S.;
(3) Report of birth
abroad of a U.S. citizen;
(4)
Certification of birth
(5) U.S.
citizen identification card;
(6)
Northern Marianas identification card, issued to a collectively naturalized
citizen, who was born in the CNMI before November 4, 1986;
(7) Documentation that a child meets the
requirements of section 101 of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (
8
U.S.C. §1431);
(8) Final adoption decree or if an adoption
is not final, a statement from a state-approved adoption agency with child's
name and U.S. place of birth;
(9)
Evidence of U.S. civil service employment by the U.S. government before June 1,
1976;
(10) U.S. military record of
service showing a U.S. place of birth;
(11) Verification with the Department of
Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)
database or any other process established by the Department of Homeland
Security to verify an individual is a citizen;
(12) Medical records, including, but not
limited to, hospital, clinic, or doctor records or admission papers from a
nursing facility, skilled care facility, or other institution that indicate a
U.S. place of birth;
(13) A life,
health, or other insurance record that indicates a U.S. place of
birth;
(14) An official religious
record recorded in the U.S. showing the birth occurred in the U.S.;
(15) School records, including pre-school,
Head Start and daycare, showing the child's name and a U.S. place of
birth;
(16) A federal or State
census record showing U.S. citizenship or a U.S. place of birth;
(17) At the department's option, a cross
match with a State department of vital statistics documenting a record of
birth;
(c) If the
individual does not have one of the documents listed in subsections (a) or (b),
submission of an affidavit signed by another individual who can reasonably
attest to the individual's citizenship shall be accepted. The affidavit shall
be signed under penalty of perjury and contain the individual's name, date of
birth, place of U.S. birth, and does not have to be notarized.
(d) The department may rely on a verification
of citizenship made by a federal agency or another State agency, without
further documentation of citizenship or identity, if such verification was done
on or after July 1, 2006.
(e) The
department shall provide assistance to individuals who need assistance in
securing satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship in a timely
manner.
(f) A photocopy, facsimile,
scanned or other copy of a document shall be accepted to the same extent as an
original document under this section, unless information on the submitted
document is inconsistent with other information available to the department or
the department otherwise has reason to question the validity of the document or
the information on the document.
(g) An individual unable to furnish the
required documents or an affidavit shall not be eligible for medical
assistance.
