Attesting to and Verifying Citizenship and Immigration Status Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight March 4, 2014
Attesting to and Verifying Citizenship and Immigration Status
Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
March 4, 2014
Attesting to and Verifying Immigration Status
• People seeking health coverage for themselves mustattest to being in an eligible immigration status.
• Must select a document type that best supports yourstatus, or select ‘other’.
• Immigration status is checked using the DHS SAVEsystem.
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Attesting to and Verifying Citizenship Status
• Attestations of U.S. citizenship will be checked against Social
Security Administration (SSA) data, using SSNs
• If verification is not successful for naturalized or derived
citizens through SSA match, then will be checked against
DHS
• If so, consumers will be asked to provide:
• A#, and
• Either a naturalization certificate number or a certificate of
citizenship number
• If the documents are unavailable, they can upload or mail in other
proof of citizenship such as a U.S. passport
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Questions?
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