Instructions for Job Centers and NPA FS Offices. Effective January 8, 2007, the existing "Date of Entry" (DOE) (element 389) field, which is used to capture the eight-character date (MM/DD/YYYY) on which a noncitizen entered the United States (US) through a specific qualified immigration status or was granted a qualified immigration status after physically entering the U.S will be renamed "Date of Status" (DOS). The DOS is the date used to determine what public benefits (based on immigration status) a qualified noncitizen is eligible for. It must be entered for all noncitizens with the following alien/citizenship indicator (ACI) codes:
ACI Code Definition
A Asylees
B Battered Alien
F Conditional Entrant
G Parolee (for at least one year)
H Cuban/Haitian Entrants
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