2024-2025 Eligible noncitizen verification
If this item is listed under your Financing Tasks in My ASU, your financial aid disbursement will be placed on hold until you provide the information requested.
Why this is needed: The Department of Homeland Security was unable to confirm your eligible noncitizen status. ASU Financial Aid and Scholarship Services needs proof of your status to continue reviewing your financial aid file.
In order to be eligible for federal student aid you must provide acceptable documentation. If you do not have any of the documentation listed below you will be ineligible for federal student aid and this task will remain on your Financing Tasks on My ASU. You will need to use other resources to pay your ASU charges, such as the ASU Payment Plan or please visit https://tuition.asu.edu/scholarships/resources/other for other financial aid resources.
Name Changes
If you have legally changed your name because of marriage, divorce, court order, or any other reason, and your name does not match the supporting documentation you are providing, you will need to submit official documentation linking the names to show it belongs to you. For assistance in what official documentation is needed, contact our office.
Eligible noncitizen statuses and acceptable documentation
Lawful permanent resident
- I-551 Permanent Resident Card or Resident Alien Card.
- I-151 Alien Registration Receipt Card.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record or I-94A 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.”
- U.S. Travel Document issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Form I-797, Notice of Action from USCIS, with "Notice Type: Approval Notice," and an A-Number, indicating an approved application for permanent residence.
- I-551 Permanent Resident Card
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record or I-94A Departure Record stamped with “Processed for I-551. Temporary evidence of lawful admission of permanent residence. Valid until…”
- Machine Readable Immigrant Visa stamped with “Upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for one year.”
- I-94A Departure Record stamped with “Admission under Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).”
- I-766 Employment Authorization Document with an A05 category.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with class of admission as “RE”.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record or I-94A Departure Record stamped with “Admission under Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).”
- I-571 Refugee Travel Document.
- U.S. Travel Document stamped “Refugee Travel Document Form I-571 (Rev. 9-2-03).”
- 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-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status).
- Form I-94 or Form I-766 with a "C11" category, indicating parole into the U.S. for at least one year; or being a beneficiary on a Petition for Alien Relative (Form I-130) from DHS; and Form I-797C, Notice of Action, indicating receipt of an application for permanent residence, or any other immigration document from DHS demonstrating the intent to become a U.S. citizen or LPR.
- Form I-551 Permanent Resident Card with the code S13.
- An unexpired temporary I-551 stamp with the code S13 in a Canadian passport.
- An unexpired temporary I-551 stamp with the code S13 on an I-94.
- I-797 or I-360 Approval Notice stating it is an "approval notice for a self-petitioning case."
- A letter from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) stating "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."
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with code T1, and an Eligibility Letter from the Department of Health and Human Services.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with codes T2, T3 or T4 class of admission and a T Visa.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with a "Cuban-Haitian Entrant" stamp.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record stamped with Section 203(a)(7).
- Passport from the Freely Associated States.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record stamped with codes CFA/FSM, CFA/MIS or CFA/PAL.
- Foreign passport with Machine Readable Immigrant Visa and stamped with codes SQ1, SQ2, SQ3, SQ7, SQ8, SW1, SW2, SW3, CQ1, CQ2, or CQ3 class of admission.
- Foreign passport or I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with temporary I-551 stamp.
- I-551 Permanent Resident Card.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with SQ4/SQ5 SI Parolee notation signed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officer.
- I-766, Employment Authorization Document with a C11 parolee category.
- Foreign passport with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) PAROLED stamp and/or parole class of admission.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with OAR, PAR or DT class of admission.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with “UHP” class of admission.
- Foreign passport with parole stamp that includes a UHP class of admission.
- I-766 Employment Authorization Document with a C11 parolee category.
- I-94 Arrival/Departure Record with PAR or DT class of admission.
Ineligible statuses and unacceptable documentation
If your immigration status is based on any of the documentation listed below, you are not eligible for federal student aid and you do not need to fill out this eForm.
- Driver's license
- Social Security card
- Employment Authorization Card or Document (Form I-688A, I-688B or I-766, except with an A05 or C11 status)
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- Advance Parole Status
- Notice of Approval to Apply for Permanent Residency (Form I-171 or I-464)
- Form I-181, I-181A and I-181B
- Application or Approval for Family Unity Benefits (Form I-817)
- Legalization or Special Agricultural Worker program (Form I-688)
- Temporary Protected Status (I-94 Forms stamped with TPS)
- Withholding of Removal order issued by an immigration judge or by the Board of Immigration Appeals
- Nonimmigrant visa including, but not limited to:
- A-2 or A-3 VISA
- B-1 or B-2 VISA
- F-1, F-2 or M-1 VISA
- G series VISA
- H or L series VISA
- J-1 or J-2 VISA
- NATO VISA
- R VISA
- U VISA
Additional eligible noncitizen information can be found on the Federal Student Aid website.
Eligible U.S. citizen and made a mistake on my FAFSA
If you are an eligible U.S. citizen and made a mistake on your FAFSA, you must provide documentation to support this. Below are acceptable forms of documentation.
The birth certificate must show that you were born in the U.S., which includes Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Swains Island or the Northern Mariana Islands.
A copy of your N-550 or N-570
A copy of your N-560 or N-561
A copy of your current or expired U.S. passport. “Limited”, one year duration, passports are not acceptable.
A copy of your current or expired U.S. passport card.
A copy of your Form DS-1350.
Copy of your Form FS-545.
A copy of your Form FS-240.
Instructions
- Upload a copy of your eligible noncitizen or U.S. citizenship documentation.
- Submit the eForm.