Initiating Secondary — HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1

Benefit issuing agencies and institutions with access to ASVI will perform primary verification for most non-citizen applicants prior to initiating secondary verification procedures. However, certain circumstances require that the benefit provider forego the use of ASVI and perform secondary verification immediately. Refer to the “Immediate Secondary Verification” topic in Chapter 3 for circumstances that require immediate secondary verification. Additionally, secondary verification should occur after an automated ASVI check when:

ASVI returns a response of “Institute Secondary Verification”
A material discrepancy between an applicant’s immigration documentation and the record contained in ASVI exists
A non-citizen claims they obtained Lawful Permanent (or Conditional) Resident Status because they were a battered alien, a parent of a battered child(ren), or a victim of domestic violence. Refer to the Interim Guidance on Verification of Citizenship, Qualified Alien Status, and Eligibility Under Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, 62 FR 61344 at Exhibit B to Attachment 5 (Nov. 17, 1997), for instructions on verifying non-citizens claiming status in this category.

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Appendix 2-B

Sponsorship information from the non-citizen’s Affidavit of Support (Form I-864) is required.