Title 16
8000 Refugee Resettlement Program
8016 Documentation of Refugee Status
Require from applicants for assistance proof, in the form of documentation issued by INS, that their status is one of the following:
1) Paroled as a refugee or asylee under Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;
2) Admitted as a conditional entrant under Section 203(a)(7) of the Act;
3) Admitted as a refugee under Section 207 of the Act;
4) Granted asylum under Section 208 of the Act;
5) Admitted as a Vietnamese Amerasian or family member under the Amerasian Homecoming Act;
6) Admitted with an immigration status that entitled the individual to refugee assistance prior to enactment of the Refugee Act of 1980; or
7) Admitted for permanent residence, provided the individual previously held one of the statuses identified above.
AN APPLICANT FOR ASYLUM IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS ACT.
A non-refugee child can receive Refugee benefits if his/her filing unit contains one or both of his refugee parents.
A non-refugee child cannot receive Refugee benefits if one parent in the filing unit is a non-refugee.
