If a student must prove their status as a U.S. citizen or national, only certain types of documentation are acceptable. This status allows aliens with pending applications for certain immigration benefits to re-enter the U.S. after traveling abroad. The DHS Comments field may indicate, Approved VAWA Self-Petitioner. If you did not receive this response or have questions about the response, contact applicationsystemsdivision@ed.gov. Students who are citizens of the Freely Associated Statesthe Federated States of Micronesia and the Republics of Palau and the Marshall Islandsare eligible for Pell Grants (citizens of Palau are also eligible for FWS and FSEOG; see below) but are not eligible for Title IV loans. I received my I -360 prima facie determination on January 12, 2009. If the student does not take corrective action in a timely manner, you must report the case to the OIG (part of which will include resubmitting the document). Conf. Flag field. If the student needs to replace other documentation, they should go to uscis.gov or contact their local USCIS office. U.S. But instead, it shows that the applicant has . A noncitizen filing the self-petition is generally known as a VAWA self-petitioner. You must wait 10 business days for another ISIR with an updated match result. Anthony first submits a Social Security card, but the administrator explains that the card doesnt document his status because noncitizens can have Social Security cards. t. tikisa tikisa May 8, 2021. Even though Schwarber began third step verification for Javier last year and his documents havent expired, because the school never received a DHS response, it must perform third step verification again. that verifies that they are a U.S. citizen. Q1. A U.S. permanent resident or other eligible noncitizen. Although such are no longer normally issued for air and sea arrivals, legacy paper forms are still valid and in use, and one may still encounter recently issued valid paper forms. For a noncitizen national, must be stamped Noncitizen National. (Note that a passport issued by another country may be used to document U.S. permanent resident status if it has the endorsement Processed for I-551 and has a currently valid expiration date.). Both forms are referred to colloquially as green cards, though they have changed colors over the years. Flag (Secondary Confirmation Flag), and DHS Verification Number on the ISIR and SAR. Notice of a prima facie determination may be for a period of up to one year, though the USCIS may extend that period until the case is approved or denied. prima facie: [adjective] true, valid, or sufficient at first impression : apparent. If you submit prima facie documentation for third-step verification, SAVE may return the VAWA Self-Petitioner response with the DHS Comments field indicating Pending Prima Facie VAWA SelfPetition. This response and comment indicate that the applicant has established a prima facie case and is therefore eligible until the prima facie determination expires. I. However, a student with another eligible status and employment authorization can potentially be eligible. Legacy paper I-94s are also still valid. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). If a spouse is ultimately denied approval, their children on the I-797 would also be denied and be ineligible for aid. Battered immigrants-qualified aliens are victims of domestic violence by their U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident (LPR) spouses or parents. The hearing will be held by call-in telephone conference. The Central Processing System (CPS) will reject the application for insufficient information if name, date of birth or SSN is not provided. A Form I-360 petition as a widow(er) of a United States citizen (USC) under 8 U.S.C. Students granted DACA often are assigned an SSN, and they are not eligible for Title IV aid, but may be eligible for state or college aid, and submitting a FAFSA can help them access those other types of aid. There is no special category for persons who have been granted suspensions of deportation. VAWA Self-Petitioner See the information for battered immigrations-qualified aliens earlier in this document. A student who has an approved application for permanent residence on file with the USCIS and who is waiting for a permanent resident card should have an I-797, Notice of Action from USCIS with "Notice Type: Approval Notice," as well as an alien number, which will give notice of current status. For other eligible noncitizens, must be stamped with the proper information as described for Refugee, Asylum Status, Conditional Entrant (before April 1, 1980), Parolee, or Cuban- Haitian Entrant. An MRIV with this statement, contained in an unexpired foreign passport and endorsed with the admission stamp, constitutes a temporary I-551, valid for one year from the date of endorsement on the stamp. Otherwise the record will be re-sent for matching. An approved self-petition filed with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) on Form I-360 OR an I-360 pending with the INS, and INS has issued a Notice of Prima Facie Determination. You can process his/her aid. No certification of loans or further disbursement of funds can be made until the discrepancy is corrected. The third entity, Palau, voted to ratify the compact in 1994; its independence was effective October 1, 1994. Prima facie" is a Latin term that has been adopted and widely used in U.S. law that means "at first appearance." In this context, it means that USCIS has decided that you have submitted enough evidence to technically qualify for an approval of your I-360 petition. Ignore DHS comment codes 046, 105, and 109 on the current ISIR. The administrator makes a copy of the certificate for his file and tells Anthony his citizenship has been documented. Because he isnt providing an ARN, the students application wont go through the DHS match. In self-petitioning cases under VAWA, the immigrant submits a petition (form I-360) to USCIS, which will then either deny the petition, approve it, or make a finding that a prima facie case has been established. 211B.045 by . Students who may be eligible for Title IV funds should enter their valid ARN (or a A999999999 if they dont have an ARN) on the FAFSA and indicate they are eligible noncitizens. Because all applications are matched with the SSA, an application with an ARN will be matched with both DHS and SSA records. You must notify the student of your offices final decision based on the third step verification results. All U.S. citizens are considered U.S. nationals, but not all nationals are citizens. If the student provides eligible noncitizen documentation, you or the student must make a correction by entering his/her Alien Registration Number (ARN) on the ISIR (Question 15), and changing his/her citizenship status to No, but I am an eligible noncitizen (Question 14). If it indicates that the student is an approved self-petitioner or has an unexpired prima facie determination, you may award aid if the student is otherwise eligible. (front and back) Issued prior to June 1978 to permanent residents. If the student applies for federal student aid in a subsequent year at your school, you must call again to ensure that the students status is still in force. See the Resend Record to Matches to Generate a new ISIR with a new DHS Verification Number section of the SAVE instructions for U.S. Department of Education (School) Users Version 3.0 document. Request the students most current, unexpired immigration document. Finally, Complainant alleges that Respondents violated Minn. Stat. The school must obtain proof that such a student has 50% Native American blood and was born in Canada. A students U.S. citizenship (or eligible noncitizen) status only needs to be checked once for the award year; if the status is eligible at that time, it remains so for the rest of the award year (with the exception of parolees and VAWA prima facie cases; see the Third Step Verification (Formerly Form G-845) section below). Suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal documentation alone does not make a student eligible for Title IV funds. The U.S. Department of State issues a machine readable immigrant visa (MRIV) in the holders passport. American Indian born in Canada For details, see the Jay Treaty section earlier in this chapter. U.S. I-94 forms stamped with Temporary Protected Status.. The USCIS issues the U.S. Travel Document (mint green cover), which contains the Reentry Permit (Form I-327) and the Refugee Travel Document (Form I-571). If you have reservations about the documentation provided, or are unclear about the outcome reflected in the documentation, you must submit the students documentation for third-step verification through the SAVE system. As long as the deadline has not expired, the person is eligible for Title IV funds. Note, if you see the Resubmit Doc response, this means that this case is available for you to submit the students immigration documentation for third step verification. To match the corrected ISIR with DHS, click yes on the drop-down box in the Resend Record to Matches field before submitting the correction. For permanent resident status, must be stamped Processed for I551 with expiration date or Temporary Form I-551 with appropriate information filled in. 484(a)(5), 34 CFR 668.32(d), 34 CFR 668.33, and Subpart I of Part 668. These students should have a passport from the Freely Associated States or an I-94. The U Visa petition has been pending for a few years and the I-130 has been pending for a year. citizenship by providing a Consular Report of Birth Abroad (Form FS-240, which is proof of U.S. citizenship), a Certification of Report of Birth (Form DS-1350, which is evidence of U.S. citizenship and equivalent to a birth certificate), or a Certificate of Citizenship issued by USCIS. The CCA became effective on February 27, 2001. He explained to the aid administrator that he had applied for permanent resident status but didnt have documentation yet. For the SSA update, the student must bring the appropriate documents to prove the change to their local SSA office. Employment Authorized. This is used at land border ports of entry. A correction to the students name, date of birth, or ARN made while the DHS is conducting the automated secondary confirmation may start the process over, i.e., the correction may be sent through primary confirmation. have a prima facie determination or approved I-360 self-petition under VAWA or a pending or approved I-13014,15 Eligible if lawfully present on 8/22/96 and disabled at time of application Eligible if entered US before 8/22/96 and continuously resided in US until qualifying as battered immigrant, OR, If entered US after 8/22/96, eligible after It is known as prima facie refugee status determination , a term which commentators from academia , practice , and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees often For pictures of the U.S. citizen documents listed above, see the end of this chapter. If U.S. citizen or national is selected, but the student provides an eligible noncitizen document, correct question 14 on the ISIR to eligible noncitizen and enter the ARN in question 15 and click yes on the drop-down box in the Resend Record to Matches field. The SAVE response will include a comment in the DHS Comments section or the Pending Applications section that the students I-485 application is pending. Principal Petitioners USCIS determines a principal petition is bona fide if: The principal petitioner has properly filed a complete Petition for U Nonimmigrant Status ( Form I-918 ), including all required initial evidence, [7] except for the Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Nonimmigrant ( Form I-192 ). Instead, request documentation of his Freely Associated States citizenship. A separate I-797 will be issued with the names and dates of birth of children listed by the applicant, and it will indicate that they are named on the approved petition. All previously issued certificates remain valid. Form I-151 is no longer accepted by USCIS as evidence of permanent residence, though it may be used to receive Title IV funds. Someone who has only a Notice of Approval to Apply for Permanent Residence (I-171 or I-464) cannot receive Title IV funds. the VAWA Self-Petitioner response supports their eligibility. Based on a Violence Against Women Act self-petition. The Prima Facie on my I-360 is expiring next month and I do not know how to file for extension. The Compact of Free Association (P.L. In a collaborative effort, DHS and the Department of Education designed and implemented special functionality for schools to submit third step verification requests through the SAVE system to check students eligibility for Title IV aid. Until this is resolved, no further aid may be disbursed, awarded, or certified. This 15 digit number is needed to access the students SAVE record, and to submit a third step verification request through SAVE. The following list explains whether a response means the student is eligible or ineligible for Title IV aid. If the document a student submits is for an ineligible status, you shouldnt submit the documentation for third step verification, unless you have conflicting information or the student compels you to do so. A correction made to a transaction that contains secondary confirmation results of Y or C (or a transaction with a primary confirmation result of Y) will not be sent through the DHS match again. Because CBP offices dont have uniform procedures or stamps, you should contact the local office with questions regarding acceptable immigration documents. If there is a complete match with the students SSN, name, date of birth, and U.S. citizenship, the CPS will report the student to be a U.S. citizen. Because DHS stopped using this category after enacting the Refugee Act on March 31, 1980, you should not disburse Title IV funds if the student has an I-94 with conditional entrant status granted after that date. If a self-petitioner applies for Title IV funds in a subsequent year, you may rely on their original document. They should receive a Certificate of Citizenship within 45 days instead of receiving a permanent resident card and then filing Form N-600 to request a certificate. Spouses and children of U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, and parents of U.S. citizens who are 21 years of age or older, may file a self-petition for immigrant classification with USCIS. Background United States citizens and lawful permanent residents (LPRs) with foreign born spouses or children may file an alien visa petition with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on behalf of a spouse or child, so that these family members may emigrate or remain in the United States. Can be used to document citizenship for citizens born at home or abroad. Form I-797 is USCISs formal communication with customers, and is issued when an application or petition is received or approved or to confer an immigration benefit. 1. Passport cards are also acceptable; however, one-year-duration U.S. passports are NOT acceptable documentation. However, if they have all the information they need without clarification from you, then you should expect your approval before the end of the prima facie . A student has to be a U.S. citizen, a citizen of the Freely Associated States, or an eligible noncitizen to be potentially eligible for federal student aid. Note that a refugee or an asylee may apply for permanent resident status. (front only for older versions, front and back for the current version) The Permanent Resident Card (I-551) was introduced in December 1997 and revised in 2004 and 2010. If the student misreported their SSN, name, or date of birth (see Chapter 4 for more on SSN match problems), they should correct the appropriate field and re-submit it. Today. The following types of eligible noncitizens are among the classes of persons who may be eligible (see bulleted list below). If so, please acknowledge and mark it so. Unless you can determine that the documentation doesnt support an eligible noncitizen status, you must submit the students immigration documents within ten business days of receipt. Y, 120: Students eligibility confirmed. If a student does not provide a document that proves his eligibility for Title IV aid, he is not eligible with these documents alone. His status wasnt confirmed through the DHS match, so Schwarber performed third step verification. The paper form I-94 or I-94A is annotated with a stamp showing admission under Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Another way to view this is that USCIS has "pre-qualified" you for approval. When the SSA didnt confirm this, Theo told the aid administrator at Fowler University that he was a permanent resident. During the period in which the application is being reviewed, the student may have a copy of the I-94 that includes the endorsement 209a (or 209b) pending. Illegal aliens under the legalization (also called the amnesty) program established by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). This status may also apply to any of the spouses children who are aliens. Employment authorization card. (Blank flag) The match wont be attempted if the student left the citizenship question blank (code 068), if the student said they were an eligible noncitizen but provided either no ARN or an illegible or invalid one (code 142), or if they changed their response to the citizenship question or changed his/her ARN after previous verification by the DHS (code 141). How to file work authorization after Prima Facie determination? To mitigate this loss, the Compact Act authorizes Supplemental Education Grants (SEGs) that are awarded to the FSM and RMI. If you are a victim who applied for a U Visa, but later got married to a U.S. citizen and they submitted an I-130 Spousal Petition for you, which petition will be adjudicated first? These children are potentially eligible for Title IV aid, and because their USCIS status continues after reaching the age of majority, their eligibility for aid continues as well.