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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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