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Lawful Permanent Residents
(LPRs or "green card" holders) | - I-94 or passport stamped 1-551
- I-551 Legal Permanent Resident Card "green card" (I-I51-older version)
- I-327 reentry permit
- I-181 Memorandum of Creation Of Lawful Permanent Resident with approval stamp
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| Refugees | - I-94 or passport with annotation "Section 207" or "refugee"
- I-551 coded R8-6, RE6, RE7, RE8, or RE9
- I-571 Refugee Travel Document
- I-688B or I-766 coded 274a.12(a)(3) or A3
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| Asylee | - I-94 or passport with annotation "Section 208" or "Asylee"
- I-551 coded AS6, AS7, or AS8
- I-571 Refugee Travel Document
- I-688B or I-766 coded 274a.12(a)(5) or A5
- Letter/order from the USCIS2 or Court granting asylum
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Persons granted withholding of deportation or removal
(Non-citizens whose deportation or removal has been withheld based on a finding that the person's life or freedom is threatened in the country of deportation based on race, religion, nationality, or membership in a particular social group or political opinion.) | - I-94 or passport stamped "Section 243(h)" or "Section 241(b)(3)"
- I-571 Refugee Travel Document
- I-688B or I-766 coded 274a.12(a)(10) or A10
- Letter/order from USCIS or court granting withholding of deportation or removal
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Parolees admitted into the U.S. for at least one year
(Non-citizen who have been allowed to come into the U.S. for humanitarian or public interest reasons.) | - I-94 with annotation "Paroled Pursuant to Section 212(d)(5)" or "parole" or "PIP" with the date of entry and date of expiration indicating at least one year
- I-688B or I-766 coded 274a.12(a)(4), 274a.12(c)(11), A4, or C11, and I-94 indicating admitted for at least one year
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| Cuban/Haitian Entrants | - I-94 with annotation "Cuban-Haitian Entrant" or any notation indicating "parole" on or after 10/10/80*
- I-551 coded CU6, CU7, or CH6
- I-688B or I-766 coded 274a.12(c)(8) or C8
- Order to Show Cause (OSC)*, I-122, or Notice to Appear (NTA)* indicating pending exclusion, removal or deportation proceedings
- Any document indicating pending asylum application or filing of I-589 application for asylum*
*Note: With reasonable evidence on the document that the person has been a national of Cuba or Haiti |
| Amerasian | - I-94 or passport with the codes AM1, AM2, AM3, AM6, AM7, or AM8
- I-551 coded AM1, AM2, AM3, AM6, AM7, or AM8
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Conditional Entrants
(Status granted to refugees before 1980.) | - I-94 or other document showing admission under Section 203(a)(7), "refugee conditional entry"
- I-688B or I-766 coded 274a.12(a)(3) or A3
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| Canadian born Native Americans | - I-94 coded S13
- Tribal Record
- Birth or Baptismal Certificate issued on a reservation
- Letter from Canadian Department of Indian Affairs
- School Records
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| Native Americans belonging to a federally recognized Tribe born outside the U.S. | - Membership card or other tribal document demonstrating membership in U.S. federally- recognized Tribe
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| Certain battered spouses and children who have been granted, or found prima facie eligible for relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) | - I-797 indicating approved, pending, or prima facie determination of I-360 (Petition by self-petitioning Immigrant of abusive USC or LPR) under Section 204(a)(1)(iii) or (iv), or Section 204(a)(1)(B)(ii) or (iii)
- I-797 indicating approved or pending I-130 (visa petition) under Section 204(a)(1)(A)(i) or (ii), or Section 204(a)(1)(B)(i)
- Order from EOIR granting or establishing prima facie determination of suspension of deportation under Section 244(a)(3) or cancellation of removal under Section 240A(b)(2)
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Victims of Trafficking
(Victims of Trafficking (T visa) receive benefits to the same extent as refugees (GIS 02 MA/022). | - I-94 coded T1, T2, T3, T4, T5
- Certification letter (for adults) or eligibility letter (for children) from Office of Refugee Resettlement
- I-797 Notice of Action
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Veterans or Persons on active duty in the Armed Forces and their immediate family members
(Immediate family members: documentation of relationship to veteran or person on active duty) | - Original or notarized copy of current orders showing the person is on full-time duty in U.S. Armed forces
- Military I.D. card - DD Form 2 (active)
- DD Form 214 showing "Honorable" discharge
- Original or notarized copy of the veteran's discharge papers
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