Qualified Non-Citizen

The term "qualified non-citizen" includes:

• Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR/Green Card Holder) (without having met the 5-year bar)
• Asylees
• Refugees
• Cuban/Haitian entrants
• Paroled into the U.S. 
• Conditional entrant granted before 1980
• Battered spouses, children, or parents
• Victims of trafficking and his or her spouse, child, sibling, or parent 
• Granted withholding of deportation or withholding of removal (under immigration laws or under Convention Against Torture (CAT))
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)
• Lawful Temporary Resident (LPR)
• Individual with non-immigrant status (includes worker visas, student visas, and citizens of
  Micronesia, Marshal Islands, and Palau)
• Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security
• Member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or American Indian born in Canada
• Resident of American Samoa
• Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
• Deferred action status (ineligible for APTC if granted deferred action under DACA program) 

OR

An applicant for any of these statuses:

• Adjustment to LPR status
• Temporary Protected Status (TPS) with employment authorization
• Special immigrant juvenile status
• Victim of trafficking visa
• Asylum (those who are granted employment authorization, or are under the age of 14 and have had application pended at least 180 days)
• Withholding of deportation or withholding removal (under immigration laws or under CAT)

OR

With employment authorization:

• Registry applicants
• Order of supervision
• Applicant for cancellation of removal or suspension of deportation
• Applicant for legalization under Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
• Legalization under the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act (LIFE)