Gain Lawful Presence or Citizenship
You may qualify for a special enrollment period (SEP) if you gain citizenship or lawfully present status.
Key Dates
- 60-day SEP begins: Date of citizenship or immigration status change.
- When you can enroll: During the 60-day window of your SEP, after we verify your qualifying life event.
- When your coverage starts: The first day of the month after your plan selection date.
Verification Documents
When you apply, the system will tell you what documents you must upload.
Be prepared to upload at least one of the following:
- Birth certificate
- Certification of report of birth
- Certification of citizenship or naturalization
- Evidence of U.S. Civil Services employment before June 1, 1976
- Federal or state census record
- Final Adoption decree
- Machine-readable immigrant visa on unexpired foreign passport
- Medical records
- Military record showing U.S. place of birth
- Minnesota enhanced driver’s license or enhanced identification card
- Northern Marianas ID card
- Official religious records
- PASS card
- Report of birth abroad of a U.S. citizen
- School records
- Section 1-1 of the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 documentation
- Temporary I-551 Stamp
- Tribal Affiliation card or document
- Unexpired foreign passport
- U.S. citizen ID card
- U.S. passport
- DS2019 (certification of eligibility for exchange visitor status)
- I-20 (certification of eligibility for non-immigrant student status)
- I-94 (arrival/departure record)
- I-94 (arrival/departure record) in unexpired foreign passport
- I-327 (reentry permit)
- I-551 (permanent resident card)
- I-571 (refugee travel document)
- I-688 (temporary resident card)
- I-688A (employment authorization card)
- I-688B (employment authorization document)
- I-766 (employment authorization card)
- Other documents generally accepted as legal proof of citizenship or immigration status such as:
- Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security
- Document indicating withholding of removal
- Form I-360 prima facie determinations
- Office of Refugee Resettlement
Documents must show you gained citizenship or lawfully present status within the past 60 days. Documents must include your name, immigration status and date on which citizenship or lawful presence was gained.
Don’t wait—MNsure must receive your documents and have time to process them before you can pick a plan. You must select a plan before your 60-day SEP window expires.