---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 416.1603"
title: "20"
number: "416.1603"
heading: "How to prove you are a resident of the United States."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/416.1603"
---

# §416.1603. How to prove you are a resident of the United States.

- (a) **What you should give us.** Your home address in the United States may be sufficient to establish that you are a resident. However, if we have any reason to question that you are a resident of the United States we will ask for evidence. You can prove you are a resident of the United States by giving us papers or documents showing that you live in the United States such as—
  - (1) Property, income, or other tax forms or receipts;
  - (2) Utility bills, leases or rent payment records;
  - (3) Documents that show you participate in a social services program in the United States; or
  - (4) **Other records or documents that show you live in the United States.**
- (b) **What “resident of the United States” means.** We use the term resident of the United States to mean a person who has established an actual dwelling place within the geographical limits of the United States with the intent to continue to live in the United States.
- (c) **What “United States” means.** We use the term United States in this section to mean the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

## Notes

### Amendments

[47 FR 3106, Jan. 22, 1982, as amended at 62 FR 59813, Nov. 5, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5), 1614 (a)(1)(B) and (e), and 1631 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5), 1382c (a)(1)(B) and (e), and 1383); 8 U.S.C. 1254a; sec. 502, Pub. L. 94-241, 90 Stat. 268 (48 U.S.C. 1681 note).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 3106, Jan. 22, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[47 FR 3106, Jan. 22, 1982, as amended at 62 FR 59813, Nov. 5, 1997]