Eligibility Requirements
A noncitizen is a veteran or active-duty personnel when they:
are a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces with honorable discharge not related to his or her noncitizen status who fulfilled the minimum active-duty service requirement of 24 months or the period for which the person was called to active duty;
are a person on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, other than active duty for training, who fulfills the minimum active-duty service requirement of 24 months or the period for which the person was called to active duty;
are a spouse of the veteran or the person who died during active duty if the spouse has not remarried, and the couple was married for at least one year or for any period if a child was born of the marriage or was born before the marriage;
were a member of the organized military forces of the Government of the Philippines while such forces were in the service of the Armed Forces of the United States pursuant to the military order dated July 26, 1941, including organized guerrilla forces under commanders organized by the U.S. Army for service prior to 7/1/46
were Hmong and Highland Laotian Tribe Members at the time the tribe rendered assistance to US personnel by taking part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam Era (between 8/05/1964 and 5/07/1975);
are a spouse or unmarried dependent child of the veteran, the person on active duty or the member of a Hmong or other Laotian tribe
Unmarried Dependent Child:
An unmarried dependent child is a child:
under the age of 18;
a full-time student under the age of 22, or
a disabled child 18 or older if the child was disabled and dependent on the parent before age 18
Verification of Immigration Status
At application the applicant must provide documentation of immigration status only for household members applying for benefits. Once provided the information must be verified through the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE). This is done by accessing the SAVE system, selecting the Create New Case button in the SAVE system and completing the request form. Once submitted the system will verify the information or, in certain circumstances, prompt the user to institute a secondary verification.
Entering Legal Permanent Resident Data
Veterans and Active Duty Personnel Policy and Procedures