IMPORTANT: INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The Enrollment Department does not accept faxed, e-mailed or photocopies of the enrollment application. All applications (if mailed), should be sent via certified mail or may be brought into our office or to an enrollment update visit to your Yaqui community:

• Request and thoroughly complete an enrollment application from the enrollment office;
• Attach an original state issued long form birth certificate and/or;
• An original baptismal certificate or any other equivalent church document identifying birth parents. (We DO NOT accept fax or photocopies. Copies are retained for the Enrollment File and all original documents are returned via certified mail.
• For applicants born in Mexico, please provide your birth document such as:
  • Acta De Nacimiento
    
  • Certificado De Bautismo
    
  A Certificate of Naturalization MUST accompany these documents.
• Social Security card (a legible copy of this can be submitted);
• Marriage license (if applicable);
• Divorce Decree (if applicable);
• Notarized paternity statement (if father is not named on the state issued birth certificate to establish paternity);
• Military record (if applicable)
  

"Hands" - Artist Rene Alvarez

When completing the application, please DO NOT LEAVE BLANK SPACES. If you do not know the answer to a question, indicate either UNKNOWN or UNSURE. If information is missing, we will be unable to determine if you are eligible for membership. When you have completed the application, remember to sign and date page three (3). If you are submitting the application on behalf of a minor, sign and date your name then complete the portion below, stating if you are the Parent, Guardian, Legal Representative or have other legal authority to complete the application on behalf of the minor.

Applicants who indicate other tribal blood are required to show proof that they are not currently enrolled with or seeking membership with another Tribe, Band or Community. In cases where the applicant does not furnish this information, the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Enrollment Department will make ONE written request to the other Tribe, Band or Community requesting verification of Non- Membership. (It is the responsibility of the applicant to follow up with the respective Tribe, Band or Community). If proof of Non-Membership is not received within (30) calendar days, a recommendation of rejection will be made on the application, the applicant has not proven the requirement outlined in the Tribes' Constitution Article III Section 4.

*Note-In an emergency, the Enrollment Department may accept a faxed application without documentation, in order for the eligible applicant to receive services such as medical or burial assistance.

If you have a questions or comments on this page, Email: pyt_enrollment@pascuayaqui-nsn.gov