In order to be eligible for federal financial aid, the student must be one of the following:

• A U.S. citizen
• A U.S. national (including natives of American Samoa or Swain's Island)
• A U.S. permanent resident who has an I-1551, I-551, or I-551C Alien Registration Card

OR

The student must have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94 Form) from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) showing one of the following designations:

• "Refugee"
• "Asylum Granted"
• "Indefinite Parole" and/or "Humanitarian Parole"
• "Cuban-Haitian Entrant, Status Pending"
• "Conditional Entrant" (valid only if issued before April 1, 1980)

Students are NOT eligible for federal financial aid if they:

• have only a Notice of Approval to Apply for Permanent Residence (I-171 or I-464)
• have been granted relief from deportation under the Family Unity Program (previously this category of students were eligible for federal student aid)
• are temporary residents allowed to live and work in the U.S. under the Legalization or Special Agricultural Worker program (previously this category of students were eligible for federal student aid)
• are in the U.S. on an F1 or F2 student visa
• are in the U.S. on a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa
• have a G series visa (pertaining to international organizations)
• have another nonimmigrant visa, including those with work visas and foreign government officials and their dependents
• are undocumented