<p>I'm wondering if anyone else has been under this predicament. My parents have been trying to get permanent resident in the states for 17 years but have been denied over and over. They are suppose to hear back again in September. However, I'm about to start school and I'm under an E-2 visa dependent. My parents have paid taxes for 17 years. I'm wondering if anyone else has been under this predicament in where they have problems obtaining a scholarship due to their citizenship status. I read around and am quite unsure. I called the college of which I'm attending and they say no but it seems they don't know much. Seems like students are working behind the phone and after ever comment they say "From what I know." Please help!</p>
<p>I would imagine many people have run into trouble getting permission to become citizens (I know I’ve read of a few here on CC). What is your real question?</p>
<p>The easiest way to find out the answer to your question is from the GA College 411 people, </p>
<p>Telephone:
Call us toll-free at: 1-800-505-GSFC (4732)
In Metro Atlanta: (770) 724-9000
A representative is available Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. </p>
<p>This is the organization that oversees HOPE.</p>
<p>GOOD LUCK!</p>
<p>My real question is that: Am I eligible for Hope Scholarship. The people at the office don’t seem to know. They have goofballs in the front picking up phones who only know general answers, so they categorize all visas as a denial, however E-2 visa is not listed under the denied. I’m wondering if anyone else has been in the predicament of having E-2 visa and if they obtained Hope scholarship.</p>
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[Office</a> of Student Financial Aid at the University of Georgia](<a href=“http://www.uga.edu/osfa/hope.html]Office”>http://www.uga.edu/osfa/hope.html)</p>
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While it looks like your visa category is not explicitly barred, the Hope language is based on what categories are eligible non-citizens. Since your E-2 visa doesn’t fall under the eligible categories I don’t think Hope would apply to you.</p>
<p>(EDITED - TO remove the exact same thing Erin’s dad cross posted ;)</p>
<p>The apparent SPIRIT of this language is that PERMANENT RESIDENTS or conditional PERMANENT RESIDENTS are eligible. E-2 is NOT a permanent residency. My hunch is that you’re not eligible unless/until you actually have a green card. That would be consistent with regulations of other scholarships in other states and overall US fed aid regs.</p>
<p>I have direct experience with this because I am a permanent resident who went through the immigration process well before my son needed to attend college.</p>
<p>If you do not have independent means, you may wish to consider a gap year while you’re working on your immigration issue.</p>
<p>you can only get HOPE if you are a permanent resident (aka have green card) or if you are a citizen. if you dont have either of those, you will not get it and might need to pay out of state tuition. also, you cant get financial aid either</p>
<p>i already got my instate waiver tuition approved.</p>
<p>thing is so ur saying, my dads been paying taxes for 17 years but keeps getting denied compared to someone who just moved like 2 years ago and received their greencard can get hope scholarship.</p>
<p>no one else sees bull **** on this?</p>
<p>Not only that, you are not eligible for government loans and grants. EVERYONE has to pay taxes whether they ever get a green card or not. The green card moves you up another level in terms of benefits.</p>
<p>Have you gone up the food chain at the GA Student Finance Corporation.</p>
<p>Call back on Tuesday and ask to speak to whomever the expert is in visa issues</p>
<p>so where is the hope scholarship money coming from? Taxes, correct? So if I paid taxes, why am I not eligible for Hope. Makes no sense. Like I said, someone who paid taxes for 2 years compared to someone whose paid for 17 years.</p>
<p>I tried calling the financial student aid department and they always are either busy or give me some stupid intern student who knows nothing, and usually end a sentence with “from what I believe”</p>
<p>-Sorry if I’m coming out angry, it’s just frustrating.</p>
<p>You paid for a lot of things with your taxes as have many of us for which you will not be eligible because you are not a citizen or PR. Those are the rules. You won’t be allowed to get government money that uses FAFSA as a clearing house either. You gotta have that PR. That is part of what the requirements are. Just because you pay taxes does not mean you get everything that is supported by the taxes.</p>
<p>“Eligible Non-Citizen” means a person who, in accordance with the Federal Title IV Regulations, is a United States permanent resident with a Permanent Resident Alien Card (I-551); or a conditional permanent resident (I-551C); or the holder of an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing any one of the following designations: “Refugee”, “Asylum Granted”, “Parolee” (I-94 confirms paroled for a minimum of one year and status has not expired); or “Cuban-Haitian Entrant”. Victims of human trafficking, in accordance with the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, may also be considered Eligible Non-Citizens. Persons with an F1 or F2 visa, a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, or a G series visa are not Eligible Non-Citizens." </p>
<p>That pretty much sums up the requirements.</p>
<p>An E-2 Investor Visa is used solely to allow someone to come into the US to do work and provide tax revenue. Children have derivative status from the business owner.</p>
<p>[E-2</a> visa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-2_visa]E-2”>E-2 visa - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>You are not eligible for Hope because Georgia chose which visa types they wished to offer the scholarships to.</p>
<p>Erin’s Dad: well from what cpt posted and what I read, its not what they chose, its what they more excluded.</p>
<p>Persons with an F1 or F2 visa, a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, or a G series visa are not Eligible Non-Citizens." </p>
<p>I don’t see E-2 visas on there.</p>
<p>Are there any people who had E-2 visa and were in a similar predicament, need advice from you guys.</p>
<p>Read what Cptofthehouse wrote again (and what I quoted as well). The list is what personnel ARE eligible. The quote then goes on to list the most prevalent non-eligible visa types. If you’re not on the list as eligible, you are not. You may not like the answer but that’s the case. Have you contacted the Hope “goofballs” again to see if they have changed their minds?</p>
<p>Hope comes strictly from the lottery sales not tax dollars. Your parents paying or not paying taxes has no impact on HOPE. Again, lottery dollars not tax dollars fund HOPE.</p>
<p>I hope that clears things up a bit for you.</p>