<p>My family is from Italy, but we've been in the U.S. for 10 years now. Our green card is still in process. We've received our S.S. and our employers authorization a while back, but no word of the gc. Is there any way that I can get financial aid? I don't think I'm allowed International aid b/c I've been here for so long. I've applied to all my schools and I'm just waiting for answers, but most of my schools cost between $40,000 to $50,000. Is there any solution to my problem?</p>
<p>Here is what you need to be eligible for federal aid. </p>
<p><a href="http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/StudentGuide_elignoncitizen0708.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/attachments/siteresources/StudentGuide_elignoncitizen0708.pdf</a>
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 Swains Island)
U.S. permanent resident who has an I-151, I-551,
or I-551C (Permanent Resident Card)
If youre 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), youre not eligible for federal student financial aid.
If youre in the United States on certain visas, including an F1 or F2
student visa, or a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, youre 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 schools 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 Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants or Federal Work-Study. These applicants should check with their schools financial aid office for more information.</p>
<p>Not eligible. Great.</p>
<p>Thanks though.</p>
<p>hopefully you applied to schools that give merit aid to internationals (that you are worthy of receiving) and/or institutional aid (college's money) to internationals. If you get your green card down the road, you can do the fafsa.</p>
<p>the fafsa doesn't give you money. If you are very low income it will make you eligible for a Pell grant (and some other grants for low income). Other than that it qualifies you for stafford Loans. you weren't going to get 40K by filing a fafsa</p>