STUDENT FINANCIAL AID; HIGHER EDUCATION;

SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOAN PROGRAMS;

You want information on the Connecticut State University’s (CSU) practice of providing financial aid to non-U. S. citizens such as refugees, aliens paroled into the United States, people granted asylum, and Cuban-Haitian nationals.

CSU, like the University of Connecticut and the community technical colleges, follows the federal student aid (FSA) guidelines when providing financial aid to students. Noncitizens eligible for FSA aid include permanent residents legally permitted to live and work in the United States, aliens granted asylum or refugee status, Cuban-Haitian entrants, and aliens paroled into the United States pursuant to federal immigration law for at least one year. Cubans are eligible if they entered the country illegally between April 15, 1980 and October 10, 1980. Haitians are eligible if they entered the country illegally before January 1, 1981. Parolees are eligible if they have evidence from the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, such as a valid permanent resident application, that they are in the country for other than a temporary purpose and intend to become U. S. citizens or permanent residents. (A parolee is an alien allowed into the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or when entry is determined to be for significant public benefit. )

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