Appendix A: Eligible Noncitizen Status Chart

Qualified Noncitizens 

USCIS Document 

Five Year Bar 

Noncitizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 USC 1101 et seq. 

I-551, 

Temporary I-551 stamp in a foreign passport or on I-94 

Yes 

Refugees admitted under Section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, (additional information may be found in Supplemental Handbook Chapter 730) 

Form I-94 Arrival/Departure Record or passport stamped "...admitted under section 207 of the INA..." or any of the following class of admission codes: RE1, RE2, RE3, RE4, RE5, Visa 93 or V93; 

Form I-688B or I-766 Employment Authorization Document (EAD) coded 274a.12(a)(3) or A03; 

Refugee Travel Document (USCIS Form I-571); 

Form I-551 with category codes RE6, RE7, RE8 or RE9; 

Foreign passport stamped to show unexpired, temporary evidence of LPR or "I-551" status and codes RE6, RE7, RE8 or RE9 

No 

Noncitizens granted Asylum under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 

Form I-94 or passport referencing "...section 208 of the INA..." or class of admission codes AS1, AS2, AS3, Visa 92 or V92; 

Order granting asylum under section 208 of the INA issued by the USCIS Asylum Office, an Immigration Judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a Federal court; 

Form I-688B or I-766 EAD coded 274a.12(a)(5) or A05; 

Refugee Travel Document (USCIS Form I-571); 

I-730 Approval Letter from the USCIS Asylum Office; 

Form I-551 with class of admission codes AS6, AS7, AS8, GA6, GA7, or GA8; 

Foreign passport stamped to show unexpired, temporary evidence of the LPR or "I-551" status and class of admission codes AS6, AS7, or AS8 

No 

Cuban/Haitian Entrants as defined in Section 501 (e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 

I-94 or I-551 annotated Humanitarian Parole, Paroled in the Public Interest, Parolee, Paroled as a Refugee, Cuban/Haitian Entrant status pending, Form I-589 Filed, Parole, Paroled, Asylee, Asylum or CH-6, I-220A (whether expire or current) 

No 

Noncitizens granted Parole for at least one year under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA 

I-94 annotated grant of parole under 212(d)(5) of INA and a date showing grant of parole for at least one year 

Yes 

Noncitizens whose deportation is being withheld under Section 243 (h) or Section 241 (b)(3) of the INA 

Order from Immigration Judge showing deportation withheld under Section 243(h) and date of the grant, 

I-688B annotated 274a.12(a)(10), 

I-766 annotated A10 

No 

Noncitizens granted conditional entry under Section 203 (a)(7) of the INA in effect before April 1, 1980 

I-94 annotated admission under 203(a)(7) of the INA (refugee-conditional entry, 

I-688B annotated 274a.12(a)(3), 

I-766 annotated A3 

No 

Battered noncitizens who meet the conditions in PRWORA added by the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 and amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 

USCIS reviews a petition and supporting evidence. 

If basic requirements are met, USCIS will issue an I-797 

Yes 

Victims of severe form of trafficking under Section 107(b)(1) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 

Notarized letter from ACF/Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) certifying victim of severe form of trafficking status; 

If the victim is a child, a letter from ACF/Division of Anti-trafficking in Persons (ATIP) stating that the child is a victim of a severe form of trafficking; or 

Derivative T Visa marked T-2, T-3, T-4, or T-5. 

No 

Amerasian Immigrants admitted to the U.S. under Section 584 of the Foreign Operation, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriation Act of 1989 

Form I-94 with any of the following admission codes: AM1, AM2, or AM3; 

Form I-551 (Permanent Resident Card) with adjustment code: AM6, AM7, or AM8; 

Vietnamese Exit Visa with codes AM1, AM2, or AM3 and/or "temporary I-551" stamp; 

Vietnamese passport with codes AM1, AM2, or AM3 and/or "temporary I-551" stamp; 

U.S. passport with codes AM1, AM2, or AM3 

No 

Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants 

See Appendix D 

No 

COFA migrants 

Foreign Passport from RMI, FSM or Republic of Palau; 

I-94; 

I-766; 

I-551 

No