421-2       QUALIFIED ALIENS

A qualified alien is:

• An alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence;

• An alien who is granted asylum;

• A refugee;

• An alien granted parole for at least one year by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS);

• An alien who has had deportation withheld under section 241(b)(3) or 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA Immigration & Nationality Act);

• An alien granted conditional entry under immigration law in effect before April 1, 1980;

• A Cuban/Haitian entrant as defined in section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;

• A battered spouse or child, or parent or child of a battered person, with a petition pending under INA Immigration & Nationality Act section 204(a) or 244(a); or

• A victim of trafficking under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, including certain family members of victims of a severe form of trafficking.