Appendix A: Proof of Eligible Alien Status

Admitted according to the law to live in the U.S. as a permanent resident

• I-551 (Alien Registration Receipt card; Green card)

• I-551 (Unexpired temporary I-551 stamp in foreign passport)

• I-94 (Arrival/Departure Record)

Asylee (USCIS Section 208)

• I-94 marked with stamp showing grant of asylum under Section 208

• I-688B (Employment Authorization card) marked “274a.12(a)(5)”

• I-766 (Employment Authorization document) marked “A5”

• Grant letter from the Asylum Office of USCIS

• Order of an immigration Judge who has granted asylum

Refugee (USCIS Section 207)

• I-94 marked with stamp showing admission under Section 207

• I-688B (Employment Authorization card) marked “274a12(a)(3)”

• I-766 (Employment Authorization document) marked “A3”

• I-571 (Refugee Travel document)

Alien paroled into U.S. for at least one year (USCIS Section 212(d)(5))

• I-94 with stamp showing admission for at least one year under Section 212(d)(5)

• Periods of admission for less than one year cannot be added to meet the one-year requirement.

Alien whose deportation or removal was withheld (USCIS Section 243(h) or 241(b)(3))

• I-688B (Employment Authorization card) marked “274a.12(a)(10)”

• I-766 (Employment Authorization document) marked “A10”

• Order from an immigration judge showing deportation withheld under 243(h) of the INA as in effect before April 1, 1997, or removal withheld under 241(b)(3)

Alien granted conditional entry (USCIS Section 203(a)(7))

• I-94 with stamp showing admission under 203(a)(7)

• I-688B (Employment Authorization card) marked “274a.12(a)(3)”

• I-766 (Employment Authorization document) marked “A3”

Cuban/Haitian entrant (USCIS Section 212(d)(5))

• I-551 coded CU6, CU7, CH6

• I-551 (Unexpired temporary I-551 stamp in foreign passport)

• I-94 with code CU6 or CU7

• I-94 with stamp showing parole as “Cuban Haitian Entrant” under Section 212(d)(5)

Alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States

• Contacts with school counselors, health professionals, social service agency personnel, police, or courts

• Affidavit from person

• Eyewitness accounts

Reissued September 26, 2011, replacing October 2, 2007