Non-Immigrants (temporary residents)

Non-immigrants may be legally admitted to the U.S., but only for a temporary or specified period of time. These immigrants are INELIGIBLE for full Medical Assistance or emergency medical services because they do not meet the Georgia residency requirement.

An immigrant admitted for a limited period of time who does not leave the U.S. when the period of time expires becomes an undocumented immigrant. If he/she then establishes Georgia residency, he/she may be eligible for Emergency Medical Assistance only.

Examples of legal non-immigrants include:

Foreign government representatives on official business and their families and servants.

Visitors for business or pleasure, including exchange visitors.

Immigrants in travel status while traveling directly through the U.S.

Ship crewmen on shore leave

Treaty traders and investors and their families

Foreign students

International organization representatives and personnel and their families and servants,

Temporary workers including agricultural contract workers

Members of foreign press, radio, film, or other information media and their families.

Medical Assistance applicants must declare, under penalty of perjury, their citizenship or immigration status at the following times:

at initial application

when an individual is added to an AU

when the agency becomes aware of a discrepancy