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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