Illegal and need fafsa help?

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Illegal and need fafsa help?

i have a friend who is still illegal even though her parents are permanent residents. Her parents have applied to fix her legal status but immigration won't get to her application until maybe a year or two from now. She graduated with me on may 2006 and still hasn't been able to go to school because her family doesn't have money to pay for her college and since she is illegal she can't work to pay it herself....she asked me how i paid for my college but i qualified for FAFSA and it paid it up completely for me....soo she wants to know if she can apply for fafsa and get help....??? She has an immigration lawyer working for her and she would like to know if she can't qualify for fafsa, if she can get a work permit to work and be able to pay for college herself :(???

She has been in the country since she was 2 months old and its a shame knowing that her parents both pay taxes for the goverment to not help her!!!

Answer 1

the esiest way for her to become legal in the US is either her parents become US citizens or for her to marry an US citizen.  Thats the two choices she has and the fastest one is for her to marry an US citizen shell get her papers done with in 6 months

Answer 2

At the moment she would not be qualified for government aid. If the problem will be resolved in the coming year then just help remind her that she could do the FAFSA and all that good stuff NEXT YEAR. Some states have papers that she can file and so that she does not have to pay for the out of state tuition (which is extremely expensive) I know for  fact that if she is living in California the paperwork she is looking for is called the AB 540. This could save her close to $18,000 a year.

Answer 3

As an illegal, she isn't eligible for federal assistance through fafsa, but she (may) still qualify for some state or insitutional aid.  She needs to go to the local community college's financial aid office to see if she can and what she is suppose to do.  

If her parents are legal and able to work, she should turn to them for assistance in attending a community college.  She can attend part time.  One or two classes isn't going to break her folks!  Also, she should be able to apply for a work permit.  This will allow her to work to help pay for her classes.

Here are the qualifications for someone to be eligible for federal fin aid (grants and loans).

Eligible Noncitizen

You must be one of the following to receive federal student aid:

• U.S. citizen

• U.S. national (includes natives of American Samoa or Swain’s Island)

• U.S. permanent resident who has an I-151, I-551, or I-551C (Permanent Resident Card)

If you’re not in one of these categories, you must have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) showing one of the following designations:

• “Refugee”

• “Asylum Granted”

• “Cuban-Haitian Entrant, Status Pending”

• “Conditional Entrant” (valid only if issued before April 1, 1980)

• Victims of human trafficking, T-visa (T-2, T-3, or T-4, etc.) holder

• “Parolee” (You must be paroled into the United States for at least one year and you must be able to provide evidence from the USCIS that you are in the United States for other than a temporary purpose and that you intend to become a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.)

If you have only a Notice of Approval to Apply for Permanent Residence (I-171 or I-464), you’re not eligible for federal student financial aid. If you’re in the United States on certain visas, including an F1 or F2 student visa, or a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, you’re not eligible for federal student financial aid.

Also, people with G series visas (pertaining to international organizations) are not eligible for federal student financial aid. For more information about other types of visas that are not acceptable, check with your school’s financial aid office. Citizens and eligible noncitizens may receive loans from the FFEL Program at participating foreign schools.

Citizens of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau are eligible only for certain types of federal student aid. These applicants should check with their schools’ financial aid office for more information.

Answer 4

go to community college, is cheaper and anybody can afford it. You can talk to the counseler and sometimes they can waive the fees. And if you don't any money for that just get a summer job.