<p>Hi, okay here is my situation:)
- not a US citizen but live in US (since 8th grade) pays US tax</p>
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<li><p>CANADIAN citizen</p></li>
<li><p>applied for green card (waiting to get the ACTUAL green card itself)-- paroled(?) into US</p></li>
<li><p>in need of financial aid because i really do need it.:)</p></li>
<li><p>applying to most selective colleges mostly ^^;;; (Yale as EA)</p></li>
<li><p>emailed Yale financial aid office about my situation and i got a reply saying well basically: 1) fill out Profile 2) send in tax return 2007. that's all the email said.</p></li>
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<p>-BIG Q: do i have to fill out FAFSA? (what really is it as well?...)
I'm just quite lost with the whole financial aid apps because most college websites says: 1) US citizens/perm resident (both of which i am not yet) (some schools say Canadian/Mexican in same category as US res but as Can/Mex RESIDENTS*) 2)and non-us citizens (living in their country..)</p>
<p>Thanks in Advance!:)</p>
<p>In my experience, Ivies offer aid to Canadians. I have no idea when you would be eligible for federal aid, but it seems like it would not hurt to do the FAFSA, but I think the school would be able to answer that question</p>
<p>I don't think you *can *complete FAFSA until you become a permanent resident. Non citizens have to provide their alien registration number to complete FAFSA. (though I am not sure what the 'paroled' means).</p>
<p>The student should be eligible for US aid when he/she gets a green card. Then it is necessary to fill out FAFSA as part of applying for aid. (also don't know what "paroled" means.)</p>
<p>Parole</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</p>
<p>n US immigration law, the term parole has three different meanings.</p>
<p>A person who does not meet the technical requirements for a visa may be allowed to enter the U.S. for humanitarian purposes. Persons who are allowed to enter the U.S. in this manner are known as parolees (the use is catachrestic, since as the individual gives his word rather than takes it, the term should be not "parolee" but "paroler") .</p>
<p>Another use related to immigration is advance parole, in which a person who already legally resides in the U.S. needs to leave temporarily and return without a visa. This typically occurs when a person's application for a green card (permanent residency) is in process and the person must leave the U.S. for emergency or business reasons. In the wake of September 11, 2001, there has been greater scrutiny of applications for parole and advance parole. [5]</p>
<p>A person who goes out of the country on "advanced parole" has to go through the following process: Canada by road: US Immigration officers will require you to submit one parole document to them. They will stamp your passport and another parole document, and issue a new I-94 form.</p>
<p>The term is also used to denote scenarios in which the federal government orders the release of an alien inmate incarcerated in a state prison before that inmate's sentence has been completed, with the stipulation that the inmate be immediately deported, and never permitted to return to the United States. The most celebrated example of this form of parole was that of Lucky Luciano, who was being "rewarded" for cooperating with the war effort during World War II. In most cases where such parole is resorted to, however, the federal government has deemed that the need for the immediate deportation of the inmate outweighs the state's interest in meting out punishment for the crime the inmate committed.</p>
<p>I'm Canadian too and I filled out the FASFA form last year.</p>