Lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an immigrant
I-551 (permanent resident card)
I-551 (alien registration receipt card; "green card")
I-551 (unexpired temporary I-551 stamp in foreign passport)
I-94 (arrival/departure record)
Asylee (Section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA))
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 granting asylum
Refugee (Section 207 of the INA)
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 the U.S. for at least one year (Section 212(d)(5) of the INA)
I-94 with stamp showing admission for at least one year under Section 212(d)(5)
NOTE: Periods of admission for less than one year cannot be added to meet the one-year requirement.
Alien whose deportation or removal was withheld (Section 2343(h) or 241(b)(3) of the INA)
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 (Section 203(a) (7) of the INA)
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 (Section 212(d)(5) of the INA)
I-551 with code CU6, CU7 or 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)
Certain aliens as defined in 8U.S.C § 1641(c) who (or whose child or parent) has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States
Collateral contacts with persons or agencies such as school counselors, health professionals, social service agency personnel, clergy, police or courts. The CAO must request an affidavit from the person or agency that confirms the noncitizen’s claim of abuse.
Eyewitness accounts. The CAO must request an affidavit from the person who saw the abuse.
Reissued September 26, 2011, replacing December 9, 2009