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COMBINED MANUAL

ISSUE DATE 10/2021

NON-CITIZENS - PEOPLE FLEEING PERSECUTION

0011.03.18

● AMERASIAN Amerasian status is granted to certain individuals who were born to a U.S. citizen father and a Vietnamese mother during the Vietnam War. People with Amerasian status may be admitted to the United States along with their immediate relatives such as spouse, children or parents. See AMERASIAN in 0002.03 (Glossary: Agent Orange...).

People with Amerasian status are eligible for Federal and State benefits and services beginning on their date of U.S. arrival.

● VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING For information on Victims of Trafficking, see 0011.03.30 (Non-Citizens - Trafficking Victims).