Can CR receive financial aid without being public charge?

[dm559 34]

If someone is in the US and is a Conditional Permanent Resident are they allowed to receive financial aid for college or will it be seen as a public charge?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Depends on the type of aid. If it is not means tested (ie scholarship etc) then yes.

[aaron2020 11,651]

All financial aid for college is okay for a conditional green card holder to receive. None are means tested benefits. No financial aid package includes one of the forbidden means tested benefits; food stamp, SSI, Medicaid, TANF, or CHIP.

Read this:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3183.html#4

Means Tested Public Benefits

Federal means tested public benefits are the following:

Food stamps

Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Medicaid

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

State Child Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

FAQs: Means Tested Public Benefits

Can the applicant use government assistance or public benefits?

What assistance programs are not considered means tested public benefit programs?

Can the applicant use government assistance or public benefits?

If the sponsored immigrant uses federal means tested public benefits, the sponsor must repay the cost of the benefits.

What assistance programs are not considered means tested public benefit programs?

The following types of assistance are not considered means tested public benefits and do not have to be repaid.

Emergency Medicaid

School lunches

Immunizations and treatment for communicable diseases

Student assistance to attend colleges and institutions of higher learning

Some kinds of foster care or adoption assistance

Job training programs

Head start

Short-term, non-cash emergency relief

Edited August 26, 2012 by aaron2020

[aaron2020 11,651]

Depends on the type of aid. If it is not means tested (ie scholarship etc) then yes.

This is incorrect.

Loans and grants are perfectly okay. Some of it is based on your assets and income which could be classified as means tested benefits. Wonderfully, none are on the list of forbidden means tested benefits.

There is not a single forbidden means tested benefit in any college financial aid package that I have ever seen.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

Neat, I stand corrected!

[dm559 34]

Thank you all for once again giving great responses!

[Darnell 8,478]

hit fafsa.gov and start the process.

[Harsh_77 718]

Start with FAFSA…. That would be your starting point.

You will be required to meet the residency requirement and based on overall household income you qualify or get partial help or no help.