A-620, Verification Requirements

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Revision 03-5; Effective July 1, 2003

All Programs

Birth records and other official records are preferred sources of verification.

A-621 Verification Sources

Revision 25-3; Effective July 1, 2025

SNAP and TANF

Verify identity using the following verification sources:

Adoption papers or records
Birth certificate - refer to Note: under this bulleted list
Certificate of Naturalization
Certificate of U.S. citizenship
Collateral statement
Driver license or Department of Public Safety (DPS) identification (ID) card, current or expired
Finding of citizenship by another federal or state agency
Hospital or birth records
Immigration documents
Self-declaration of driver license or:
- DPS ID number already on file, along with other identifying information such as date of birth; or
- DPS ID number listed on Data Broker, along with other identifying information such as date of birth.
U.S. passport or U.S. passport card
Voter registration card
Wage or check stubs or check
Work or school ID card

Note: People born in Puerto Rico must provide a birth certificate issued on or after July 1, 2010, unless certified previously using a birth certificate issued before July 1, 2010. Staff are responsible for helping a person get birth verification from Puerto Rico.

TP 08, TP 43, TP 44, TP 48, TP 40 and TA 31

Copies of the document used to verify identity for people requesting benefits must be legible and non-questionable. Submit the document for imaging.

Identity and Citizenship

Verify both identity and citizenship for Medical Programs except TA 31, TP 32, TP 33, TP 34, TP 35 and TP 36.

Identity Only

Use one of the following sources as acceptable verification if the document has a photograph and other identifying information such as name, age, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color or address:

Driver’s license issued by a state or territory;
School identification card;
U.S. military card or draft record;
Identification card issued by the federal, state, or local government with the same information included on driver’s licenses;
Military dependent's identification card;
U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card; or
Native American Tribal document.

Use two or more corroborating documents, including but not limited to:

marriage licenses, divorce decrees or high school diplomas;
for children under 19, a clinic, doctor, hospital or school record, including preschool or day care records; and
Form H1097, Affidavit for Citizenship/Identity, signed by another person who can reasonably declare to the applicant’s citizenship, regardless of blood relationship to the person and under penalty of perjury, and that contains the applicant’s name, date of birth, and place of U.S. birth. The affidavit does not have to be notarized, and the Form H1097 should be used only as a last resort when other evidence is not available.

Note: A signed application for Medicaid, including the signature of an authorized representative acting on the person’s behalf, is applicable for all household members on the application except the signee. No person may declare their own identity.

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