106 CMR, § 703.410 - Citizens

(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.

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106 CMR, § 703.410

Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1360, eff. 3/9/2018. Amended by Mass Register Issue 1396, eff. 5/15/2019.