Adult Medicaid Manual MA-2506 US CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS

VIII. Collective Naturalization

The following will establish U.S. citizenship for collectively naturalized individuals:

A. Puerto Rico

1. Evidence of birth in Puerto Rico on or after April 11, 1899, and the applicant’s statement that he or she was residing in the U.S., a U.S. possession or Puerto Rico on January 13, 1941; or

2. Evidence that the applicant was a Puerto Rico citizen and the applicant’s statement that he or she was residing in Puerto Rico on March 1, 1917, and that he or she did not take an oath of allegiance to Spain.

3. Only birth record documents issued or reissued on or after July 1, 2010 are acceptable evidence.

B. U.S. Virgin Islands

1. Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the applicant’s statement of residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927;

2. The applicant’s statement indicating residence in the U.S. Virgin Islands as a Danish citizen on January 17, 1917, and residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or the U.S. Virgin Islands on February 25, 1927, and that he or she did not make a declaration to maintain Danish citizenship; or

3. Evidence of birth in the U.S. Virgin Islands and the applicant’s statement indicating residence in the U.S., a U.S. possession or territory or the Canal Zone on June 28, 1932.

C. Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) (formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI)):

1. Evidence in the NMI, TTPI citizenship and residence in the NMI, the U.S., or a U.S. territory or possession on November 3, 1986, (NMI local time) and the applicant’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986, (NMI local time);

2. Evidence of TTPI citizenship, continuous residence in the NMI since before November 3, 1981, (NMI local time), voter registration prior to January 1, 1975, and the applicant’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986, (NMI local time); or

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3. Evidence of continuous domicile in the NMI since January 1, 1974, and the applicant’s statement that he or she did not owe allegiance to a foreign state on November 4, 1986, (NMI local time).

Note: If a person entered the NMI as a non-immigrant and lived in the NMI since January 1, 1974, this does not constitute continuous domicile and the individual is not a U.S. citizen.