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Eligibility Based On Immigration Status
| Lawfully
Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder | Yes | Yes
| Yes (If not a
veteran or spouse or child of a veteran) | No | K | If 4, 5, 6, or 8 the LPR is a veteran or spouse of child of a veteran exempt
from 5-year bar. | Full Scope | Full Scope | Full Scope |
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| A non-citizen with an approved visa petition application for
adjustment to LPR | Yes | No | No | Yes | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| A non-citizen, without who has a pending application for
adjustments to LPR status, with Employment Authorizatio | Yes | No
| No | Yes | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| A non-citizen who has a pending application for adjustments to
LPR status, without Employment Authorization | No | No | No | Yes | S | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Refugee | Yes | Yes | No
- Exempt | No | R | N/A | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Asylee | Yes | Yes | No
- Exempt | No | L
or Z | N/A | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Cuban/Haitian Entrant | Yes | Yes | No
- Exempt | No | 8 | N/A | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Amerasian Immigrant | Yes | Yes | No
- Exempt | No | E | N/A | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted a stay of deportation | Yes | No | No | Yes | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted suspension of deportation whose departure USCIS does not
contemplate enforcing | Yes | No | No | Yes | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Conditional Entrant granted before April 1980 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | C | If
4, 5, 6, or 8 the LPR is a veteran or spouse of child of a veteran exempt
from 5-year bar. | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Paroled into the United States for one year or more | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | W | If 4, 5, 6, or 8 the LPR is a
veteran or spouse of child of a veteran exempt from 5-year bar. | Full Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Paroled into the United States for less than one year | Yes | No | No | Yes | Y | * | Full Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Battered non-citizen, or parent or child of battered non-citizen | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Varies | 9 (indicates
battered immigrant/Qualified Non-Citizen) | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted Deferred Action (but not under the Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals - DACA) | Yes | No | No | Yes | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) | No
for Medi-Cal, Yes for Covered CA | No | No | Yes | 3 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted Order of Supervision, with Employment Authorization | Yes | No | No | Yes | S | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| An immigrant who entered and has continuously resided in the
United States since before January 1, 1972, who would be eligible for an
adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident (eligible as a Registry
immigrant) | No | No | No | Yes | S | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Registry applicant, with Employment Authorization | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted voluntary departure and awaiting issuance of a visa | No | No | No | Yes | S | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| A non-citizen on whose behalf an immediate relative petition
(I-130) has been approved and who is entitled to voluntary departure | No | No | No | Yes | S | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted a Victim of Trafficking visa (T visa), or spouse, child,
sibling, or parent | Yes | No | No | No | O
(Treat as Refugee) | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Pending application for a Victim of Trafficking visa (T visa),
or spouse, child, sibling, or parent | Yes | No | No | No
- TCVAP | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Taking steps to apply for a T visa or for certification by the
Office of Refugee Resettlement | No | No | No | No
- TCVAP | Varies | W | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted U visa Granted U non-immigrant visa | Yes | No | No | No
- TCVAP | V | Y | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Filed for a U visa | No | No | No | No
- TCVAP | Varies | X | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Granted withholding of deportation or removal | Yes | Yes | No
- Exempt | No | D | N/A | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Pending application for Creation of Record of Lawful Admission
for Permanent Residence, with Employment Authorization | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted withholding of removal under the Convention against
Torture - CAT | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted Student Visa (e.g. F or M visa) Student Visa - Granted a
student visa (e.g. F or M visa) | Yes | No | No | No | V | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted Work Visa (e.g. H-1, J-1, O, R, P visa) Work Visa -
Granted a work visa (e.g. H-1, J-1, O, R, P visa) | Yes | No | No | No | V | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted Visitor Visa (e.g. B visa) Visitor Visa - Granted a
visitor visa (e.g. B visa) | Yes | No | No | No | V | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Lawful Temporary Resident (special agricultural workers, or
certain immigrants admitted into the U.S. before 1982) | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), or pending applicants
for TPS (pending applicants must have Employment Authorization) | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Family Unity Beneficiary | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Granted Deferred Enforced Departure | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Resident of American Samoa | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, or Palau | Yes | Yes | No | No | 4 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Full
Scope |
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| Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of
Homeland Security | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Pending application for legalization under Immigration Reform
and Control Act - IRCA, with Employment Authorization | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Pending application for asylum with Employment Authorization or
is under the age of 14 and has had a pending application for asylum for at
least 180 days | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Pending application for witholding of removal with Employment
Authorization, or is under the age of 14 and has had a pending application
for withholding of removal for at least 180 days | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Pending application for legalization under the LIFE Act, with
Employment Authorization | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Pending application for suspension of deportation, or
cancellation of removal or special rule cancellation of removal, with
Employment Authorization | Yes | No | No | No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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| Pending application for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status | Yes | No | No
| No | 2 | * | Full
Scope | Full Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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Document or Status Not Listed
| No | No | No | No | U | * | Full
Scope | Restricted
Scope | Restricted
Scope |
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* The Alien Eligibility Code for these immigration statuses can
be blank. However, if there is an Alien Eligiblity Code of "9" it
indicates that the individual is a battered immigrant and therefore a
Qualified Non-Citizen who is subject to the five year bar.
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