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Citizenship and Eligibility for Financial Aid: Requirements and Documentation

Learn about the citizenship and eligibility requirements for federal and state financial aid. Understand the process of verifying citizenship through matches with the Social Security Administration and Department of Homeland Security. Discover the necessary documentation to prove citizenship and eligible non-citizen status.

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Citizenship and Eligibility for Financial Aid: Requirements and Documentation

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  1. Citizenship And eligibility for Financial Aid 2018-19, 2019-20

  2. Today's Agenda

  3. Fafsa filing, CPS MATCHES • Must be a citizen or eligible non-citizen to be considered for federal and state financial aid. • United States citizens are confirmed through a match with the Social Security Administration Social Security Administration Data Base Match.       Name   /   Date of Birth  /   SSN   / Citizenship • Eligible non-citizens are confirmed from a match with the Department of Homeland Security Department of Homeland Securities (DHS) Match   When Alien Registration Number is provided.

  4. Unsuccessful Match • Citizens not confirmed by the SSA Citizenship Match • Results in a C-code that must be resolved.  • C-code results in a Checklist for U.S. Citizenship Documentation • Documentation Submission • Original documents presented     (reviewed, signed, imaged) or • Notarized documents mailed

  5. CITIZENSHIP AND THE PARENT PLUS LOAN • Student + Parent must be a citizen or eligible non-citizen to apply for the Parent PLUS Loan. Additional Unsubsidized Stafford Loan • Parent is not a citizen or eligible non-citizen:  SSN,=No Match; parent may have SSNs= 000-00-0000 • Check ISIR Parent SSN Match – But remember, a SSN match does not necessarily mean the parent is a citizen or eligible non-citizen • Parents do not go through DHS Match • Family requests the Additional Unsubsidized Stafford Loan because neither parent is a citizen/eligible non-citizen Let’s chat! Does your school do this? What is your process? • Statement? • Documents?

  6. Submitting documents • DocumentingCitizenship • Required Documents • Citizenship Affidavit and • U.S. Passport (expired or unexpired) or • Certificate of Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization, Birth Certificate, Consular Record or Certification of Birth Abroad and • Best Practive: Government issued photo i.d. (such as a driver’s license or other state-issued i.d.) • Must make copy of original; can’t take copy of a copy

  7. Submitting documents • Documenting Citizenship • Do Not Accept • Social Security Card • Limited Passports- a regular passport issued with less  than full validity --10 years.   Reasons for issuing: pending replacement of naturalization certificate; name change issues; emergency travel while abroad. • Temporary Work Status documentation

  8. Eligible citizens

  9. Eligible citizens

  10. Eligible citizens

  11. Citizenship documentation affidavitGovernment Photo I.D.

  12. US passport and                  us passport card

  13. State Documents for Foreign Birth

  14. Example: Student born out of US and adopted by U.S. parents • Child Citizenship Act (CCA); 2/27/2001: • Foreign-born children who are not U.S. citizens at birth become citizens once these conditions are met: • • At least one parent (biological or adoptive) is a U.S. citizen; • • the children live in the legal and physical custody of that parent; • • they are under 18 years of age; and • • they are admitted as immigrants for lawful permanent residence. • If parent did not automatically get a Certificate of Citizenship (based on the type of visa originally issued), they have to file a Form N-600 to receive one • Document on left not acceptable for citizenship!

  15. Eligible non-citizens

  16. Eligible non-citizens

  17. ELIGIBLE NON-CITIZENS • Other Eligible Non-Citizen Status's also include: • Asylee • Cuban-Haitian Entrant • Jay Treaty • Victim of Human Trafficking • Battered Immigrant- Qualified Alien • An I-94 Arrival-Departure Record should show one of the following designations: Refugee, Asylum Granted, Cuban-Haitian entrant, or Parolee (must confirm applicant was paroled for a minimum of one year and status hasn't expired). • An I-94 may have a T-Visa Code (T-1,T-2,T-3, etc.) for a Victim of Human Trafficking.  Must also submit a valid certification or eligibility letter from HHS showing designation of "Victim of Human Trafficking".

  18. Cps automated Eligible Non-Citizen Review Process  Click to add text Click to ad txt

  19. Eligible Non-Citizen = not confirmed • Documenting Citizenship • C code or Reject Code 17 when not confirmed • Comments on SAR • 046, 068, 105, 109, 141, 142, or 144 • Checklist for Citizenship documents • to verify eligible non-citizen status • Documents received, entered  • Documents reviewed against student’s record • Corrections to ISIR if required • Questions 14 & 15

  20. Primary / secondary match sar codes and messages

  21. Third step verification • Third Step Verification is required when eligible noncitizen status is not confirmed. • Third Step Verification, previously known as Secondary Confirmation: now an online process for verifying eligible non-citizen status (replacing the paper Form G-845) through the DHS-SAVE System. • Enter Student’s DHS Verification Number and Date of Birth in SAVE System • Upload All eligible noncitizen documentation to the SAVE System • ClickInstitute Additional Verification once documents have successfully uploaded

  22. Stages of Third step verification

  23. Third step verification – DHS Save response page 15

  24. SAVE Examples – CASE Closed, student eligible

  25. SAVE Examples – case closed, no documents submitted

  26. SAVE Examples – case closed, no documents submitted • If a response screen indicates that the case is closed, or the DHS Verification number is greater than 2 months old and the case is closed, and the documentation the student provided supports his or her eligible noncitizen status, one of the following should be done: • Clear out and reenter student’s name, DOB or ARN. Also, be sure that Citizenship Status says “Eligible Noncitizen” and submit new transaction. If this does not generate new DHS verification number after processing, then: • Send the DHS Verification number to applicationprocessingdivision@ed.gov.  ED will resend the record to DHS to create a new DHS Verification number which can be used to resubmit the document through SAVE.  SAVE System Instructions Version 2.0 can be located on IFAP.

  27. Ineligible categories • Page 1B. and Page14 of Chapter - • Temporary Residents • Illegal Aliens • DACA • Family Unity Status • Temporary Protected Status • Persons with Non-Immigrant Visas • Documents that do not document citizenship:  Social Security Card, Driver's License, Employment Authorization Card,  Non-Immigrant Visa, or Notice of Approval to Apply for Permanent Residency (I-171 or I-464)  • Be careful when these students complete FAFSA – they need to make sure they are selecting ‘NOT a citizen or eligible non-citizen’ • Otherwise could be issues down the road if they apply for legal status if they used incorrect status on FAFSA • Some students must complete the FAFSA for special funding or scholarships

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