Obtaining Secondary Verification

To obtain secondary verification, the benefit provider will forward a completed Document Verification Request with fully readable photocopies of both sides of the non-citizen’s immigration documentation to their local INS Office for review. The INS Offices are listed by state and county in Appendix D; their addresses are given in Appendix E.

Benefit issuing agencies and institutions mandated by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) to participate in the SAVE Program are required to use Form G-845S, Document Verification Request and all other participating benefit issuing agencies and institutions must use Form G-845, Document Verification Request. The Document Verification Request Supplement, Form G-845 Supplement, can be used in conjunction with both forms, but not separately to obtain additional immigration information required to make a determination for benefit eligibility as a result of the PRWORA, as amended. These forms are included in Appendix F and can be copied by benefit issuing agencies and institutions for use in instituting secondary verification.

A separate Document Verification Request should be completed for each applicant and should include copies of the documents for that person only. If a family unit has applied for a benefit, each member will require a separate Document Verification Request.