Status |
Eligibility |
I-688B Citation |
Lawful Permanent Resident |
Yes |
8 CFR 274a.12(a)1) |
Temporary Resident (ELA) |
See note 1 |
8 CFR 274a.12(a)2) |
Refugee |
Yes | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)3) |
Refugee |
Yes | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)4) |
Asylee |
Yes | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)5) |
Nonimmigrant Fiancée of U.S. Citizen or the Fiancée's Child |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)6) |
Parent or Child of a Permanent Resident Alien |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)7) |
Citizen of Micronesia or Marshall Islands |
Yes | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)8) |
Alien Granted Suspension of Deportation |
See note 2 |
8 CFR 274a.12(a)9) |
Alien Granted Withholding of Deportation |
See note 2 |
8 CFR 274a.12(a)10) |
Alien Granted Extended Voluntary Departure |
See note 2 |
8 CFR 274a.12(a)11) |
Alien Granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS) |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(a)12) |
Adult Dependent of a Foreign Government Official |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)1l) |
Student Dependent of a Foreign Government Official |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)1ll) |
Spouse or Child of an Alien Employee of CCNAA |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)2) |
Nonimmigrant Student |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)3) |
Adult Dependent of an Employee of an International Organization |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)4l) |
Student Dependent of an Employee of an International Organization |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)4ll) |
Spouse or Child of an Exchange Visitor |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)5) |
Nonimmigrant Student (M-1) |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)6) |
Dependent of a NATO Official |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)7) |
Asylum Applicant |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)8) |
Applicant for Adjustment of Status |
See note 3 |
8 CFR 274a.12(c)9) |
Applicant for Suspension of Deportation |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)10) |
Parolee |
Yes | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)11) |
Deportable Alien Granted Voluntary Departure |
See note 2 |
8 CFR 274a.12(c)12) |
Deportable Alien without a Final Order of Deportation |
See note 2 |
8 CFR 274a.12(c)13) |
Alien Granted Deferred Action |
See note 2 |
8 CFR 274a.12(c)14) |
Alien Whose Application for Extension of Stay Has Not Been Adjudicated |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)15) |
Applicant for Registry/Section 249 |
Yes | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)16) |
Domestic Servant |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)17) |
Airline Employee |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)17) |
Alien Under Supervision |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)18) |
Prima Facie Eligibility for TPS |
No | 8 CFR 274a.12(c)19) |
Family Unity Recipient (Spouse or Unmarried Child of an ELA) |
See note 4 |
8 CFR 274a.13 |
1. ELAs are barred by the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) from receiving TANF and other generally funded benefits for five years from their date of adjustment to temporary resident status, unless they are aged, blind, or disabled, as defined by SSA. (For ELAs only, the date-of-entry space on the SAVE primary response printout is really the ELA's date of adjustment, because the person entered the U.S. illegally. See Supplemental Handbook Chapter 740.)
2. Eligibility depends on the length of time this status has been granted. If greater than one year, the alien is eligible for Cash Assistance. If less than one year, the alien is not eligible for Cash Assistance.
3. Eligibility depends on the alien status originally granted to the person. If the applicant does not have the original documentation, the CAO must refer the applicant to USCIS to obtain proof of the original alien status.
4.The alien spouse or unmarried alien child of an ELA admitted under this provision is barred by IRCA from receiving TANF unless he or she is aged, blind, or disabled, as defined by SSA, for the identical five-year period as the ELA spouse or parent, to run concurrently with the ELA spouse or parent's five-year ineligibility period. They may receive GA in this period.
Reissued March 25, 2009, replacing December 2, 2003; Reviewed January 31, 2012