The following categories are considered eligible non-citizens for financial aid purposes. Proof of these statuses may be requested to complete your financial aid file. If your status is not listed below, you do not qualify for federal student aid and must use other sources of funding to pay your ASU charges.
Lawful permanent resident
- I-551 Permanent Resident Card or Resident Alien Card. (front and back of card)
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record stamped with “Processed for I-551. Temporary evidence of lawful admission of permanent residence. Valid until…”
- Machine Readable Immigrant VISA (MRIV) stamped with “Upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for one year.”
Conditional resident alien
- I-551C Permanent Resident Card with a “CR” category. (front and back of card)
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record stamped with “Processed for I-551. Temporary evidence of lawful admission of permanent residence. Valid until…”
- Machine Readable Immigrant VISA (MRIV) stamped with “Upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for one year.”
Asylum granted
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with codes AS1, AS2 or AS3.
- I-94A Departure Record stamped with “Admission under Section 208 of the INA.”
Refugee
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with codes RE1, RE2, RE3, RE4 or RE5.
- I-94A Departure Record stamped with “Admission under Section 207 of the INA.”
- Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571).
- U.S. travel document stamped “Refugee Travel Document Form I-571 (Rev. 9-2-03).”
Parolee (for at least one year)
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with a parolee stamp and documentation that provides evidence that you are in the U.S. for other than a temporary purpose, which may include an I-797 Notice of Action (i.e., a document the parolee receives after filing an I-484 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status).
Jay Treaty (i.e., American Indian born in Canada)
- Documentation showing “Admission under Section 289 of the INA”
- A Canadian birth certificate and proof of 50 percent Native American blood.
Battered immigrant — qualified alien (i.e., Violence Against Women Act)
- I-797 Approval Notice stating it is an "approval notice for a self-petitioning case."
- A letter from USCIS that says “determined as prima facie."
- Court order from an immigration judge must not be expired and clearly indicates "suspension of deportation under VAWA."
- Court order from an immigration judge must not be expired and clearly indicates "cancellation of removal under VAWA."
Victim of human trafficking
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with codes T1, T2, T3 or TCOA with an Eligibility Letter from Department of Health and Human Services.
- T VISA with an Eligibility Letter from Department of Health and Human Services.
Cuban-Haitian entrant
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with codes CU6 or CU7.
Conditional entrant (valid only if issued before April 1, 1980)
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record stamped with Section 203(a)(7).
Citizen of the Freely Associated States (Federated States of Micronesia, Republic of the Marshall Islands and Republic of Palau)
- Passport from the Freely Associated States.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record stamped with codes CFA/FSM, CFA/MIS or CFA/PAL.
Additional eligible non-citizen information can be found on the
Federal Student Aid website.
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