Enhancements to Citizenship, Identity, Social Security Number, and Immigration Verification - Amended 4/8/2019

Proposed Guidance Documentation

This operations memo announces policy changes and enhancements to CARES Worker Web (CWW) to support verification of citizenship, identity, Social Security number (SSN), and immigration status. This memo also announces the implementation of a 95-day reasonable opportunity period for health care applicants to verify their immigration status. In addition, this memo describes systems changes required by the Federal Data Services Hub (FDSH), which provides real-time verification of immigration status for individuals requesting health care.

Official Memo Number

19-J3

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