Acceptable Supporting Documents Chart

Active duty service members

Military ID (front and back); social security card

Spouses of active duty members

Military dependent ID card (Form DD1173) (front and back); applicant’s social security card

Member of the reserves

Military ID; Active Duty Report (Form DD220) or current active duty orders; social security card

Spouse of reserve members

Military dependent ID card (Form DD1173-1); spouse’s Form DD220 or spouse’s active duty orders; applicant’s social security card

Honorably discharged veterans

Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (Form DD214 – Member 4); social security card if SSN is not listed on the DD214

Spouses of honorably discharged veterans

Spouse’s Form DD214 – Member 4; marriage certificate; applicant’s social security card

Honorably discharged veteran of reserves

Form DD214 – Member 4; social security card if SSN is not listed on the DD214

Surviving spouses of veterans or service members who died while on active duty as members of the
U.S. Armed Forces or reserve units.

Report of Casualty; marriage certificate; applicant’s social security card