N.J. Admin. Code § 10:90-10.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 10:90-10.3 - INS statuses for RRP

(a) Applicants may be eligible for assistance under the RRP if they have been classified in one of the following INS statuses:

1. A person from any country who has been granted parole status as a refugee or asylee under Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) ( 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq.) and so indicated by INS Form I-94. An "applicant for asylum" is not eligible for RRP.

2. A person admitted from any country as a conditional entrant under Section 203(a)(7) of the INA and so indicated on Form I-94;

3. A person from any country admitted as a refugee under Section 207 of the INA and so indicated on Form I-94;

4. A person from any country who has been granted asylum under Section 208 of the INA and so indicated on Form I-94;

5. A person from any country who previously held one of the statuses identified in (a)1 through 4 above whose status has subsequently been changed to that of permanent resident alien. In addition to the required Form I-151 or I-551 (resident alien forms) showing the status of resident alien, the individual must also provide sufficient documentation to substantiate that one of the eligible statuses indicated in (a)1 through 4 above was held prior to that of resident alien;

6. A person identified as an Amerasian from Vietnam with his or her close family members admitted in immigrant status under Section 584 of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, usually with an AM-1, AM-2 or AM-3 annotated on Form I-94. The Amerasians will subsequently receive an I-551. The codes used on that form will be AM-6, AM-7 or AM-8;

7. A Cuban or Haitian national granted parole for humanitarian reasons or in the public interest; or a Cuban or Haitian national who applies for asylum; or a Cuban or Haitian national who is subject to exclusion or deportation proceedings and a final order of deportation or exclusion has not been issued; or

8. An alien who is a national of Cuba or Haiti and, regardless of the status of the alien at the time the alien is an applicant for benefits and services and:

i. Has been granted status as a Cuban/Haitian Entrant (Status Pending) on or after April 21, 1980; or

ii. Has been paroled into the United States on or after October 10, 1980, unless the alien has been paroled into the United States in the custody of a Federal, State or local law enforcement or prosecutorial authority, for purposes of criminal prosecution in the United States, or solely to testify as a witness in proceedings before a judicial, administrative, or legislative body in the United States.

N.J. Admin. Code § 10:90-10.3

Amended by R.1998 d.42, effective 1/20/1998.
See: 29 New Jersey Register 3971(b), 30 New Jersey Register 389(a)
Amended by R.2003 d.226, effective 6/16/2003.
See: 34 New Jersey Register 2713(a), 35 New Jersey Register 2670(a).
In (a), added 8.