(A)
Persons Born in the U.S., District of Columbia, Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands or Guam. For TAFDC, Citizenship must
be verified when the information on the application is questionable. If
verification is necessary, citizenship is verified by the sources listed in
106 CMR
703.220 that indicate place of birth or
citizenship.
For EAEDC, citizenship is verified by a source that indicates
the place of birth or one of the verifications specified for age in 106 CMR
320.500 that is a public governmental record and indicates citizenship or place
of birth.
(B)
Persons Born outside the U.S., District of Columbia, Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands or Guam. Citizenship is verified by
one of the following:
(1) U.S.
passport;
(2) Naturalization
certificate or citizenship certificate;
(3) Military service papers that show
citizenship;
(4) U.S. Citizen
Identity Card (Form I-179);
(5)
U.S. Citizen Resident's Card (Form I-197);
(6) Proof that at least one natural or
adoptive parent was:
(a) a U.S. citizen at the
time of the person's birth; and
(b)
that the parent had resided in the U.S. before the birth of this
person;
(7) Proof that:
(a) both parents became naturalized citizens
before this person either turned 18 years of age or married while younger than
18 years old; and
(b) at the time
the second parent or surviving parent was naturalized, this person:
1. was residing in the U.S. with lawful
admission for permanent resident status or
2. began to reside permanently in the U.S.
while younger than 18 years old;
(8) Proof that:
(a) at least one of the child's parents is a
U.S. citizen by birth or naturalization;
(b) the child is younger than 18 years old;
and
(c) the child is residing in or
has resided in the United States in the legal and physical custody of the U.S.
citizen parent pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent
residence.
(9) Proof
that, at the time of this person's birth, one parent was a U.S. citizen
residing in the U.S. for more than five years, two years of which were after
the parent was 14 years of age.
