Priority Eligibility
To receive prioirty consideration will be given to individuals that are descendants of enslaved Americans. To qualify to obtain program benefits, as a descendant, DNA test results will be needed and the following:
Must be a United States of America citizen and resident of the United States and has voted since the 2012 General Election. (E) Cannot be incarcerated in detention, or in a prison facility in the United States of America and must be relieved permanently from probation agreement. (F) Test results must demonstrate 25% or greater of linage of African Caribbean or Wet Indies bloodline, (5% is the sum of African and Caribbean or West Indies lineage) , DNA to be eligible for claim benefits set forth in the Recovery Act. (G) Statute of Limitations does not apply with new discovery of injuries or acts committed to all Living Descendants of Enslaved Americans by the United States of America domestic or international parties and institutions. (H) Applicant Heritage Test Requirements for Benefits Are: (i) Must reside and vote in the United States from 2012 to present. (ii) Must meets the requirements of Sec. (a)(1) (D), (E) and (F) and (iii) Must have DNA Percentage totaling at least a 25% match of 1486 combined, African and West Indies heritage. Such as listed below: (I) Haiti; (II) Jamaica; (III) Trinidad and Tobago; (IV) The U.S. Virgin Islands; (V) Bahamas; (VI) Barbados; (VII) Bermuda; (VIII) Antigua; (IX) Barbuda; and (X) Other West Indies. Veteran immigrants-any veteran whom served Active, Reserve, or volunteered for the U.S. Armed Forces during peacetime or wartime from the following locations whose countries were affiliated with slavery and civil rights injuries within the United States of America after declaring citizenship or before awarded citizenship: (A) Haiti; (B) Jamaica; (C)Trinidad and Tobago; (D) The U.S. Virgin Islands; (E) Bahamas; (F) Barbados; (G) Bermuda; (H) Antigua; and (I) Barbuda.
Other priority categories 1. Descendants of Civil War service for the militia of the Reublic of the U.S. of America
2. West Indies or Caribbean Afro Descendants who are U.S. citizens.
3. Returning American Afro descendants from Liberia whom are U.S. citizens.