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8 1996, or who entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996, and has resided in the U.S. for five or more years in a qualified status. A qualifying quarter includes any quarter worked by the parent of a non-citizen while the non-citizen was under 18 and any quarter worked by a spouse during marriage if the non-citizen remains married to the spouse or the spouse is deceased. Quarters earned after December 31, 1996, do not count if the non-citizen receives any Federal means-tested public benefits during these quarters; xii. A qualified non-citizen who is on active military duty, other than active duty for training, in the U.S. Armed Forces, or their spouse, un-remarried surviving spouse, or unmarried dependent child if such spouse or dependent child is also a non-citizen in a qualified status; xiii. A qualified non-citizen who is a veteran and who (1) has received a discharge from the U.S. Armed Forces characterized as honorable and not on account of alienage, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as defined in Section 350 of the New York State Executive Law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable (and not on account of alienage) from the Armed Forces, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in Section 350 of the New York State Executive Law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable (and not on account of alienage) from the Armed Forces; or their spouse, un-remarried surviving spouse, or unmarried dependent child if such spouse or dependent child is also a non-citizen in a qualified status; xiv. Certain battered non-citizens as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1641(c) admitted into the U.S. before August 22, 1996, or who entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996, and have resided in the U.S. for five or more years in a qualified status; xv. A non-citizen who is in receipt of a certification or eligibility letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services identifying them to be a victim of severe form of trafficking in persons or a non-citizen classified as a nonimmigrant under 8 U.S.C 1101(a)(15)(T)(ii) in accordance with the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, as amended; xvi. A non-citizen paroled into the U.S. under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA for a period of at least one year prior to August 22, 1996, or who entered the U.S. on or after August 22, 1996, and has resided in the U.S. for five or more years in a qualified status; xvii. Certain Iraqi or Afghan nationals granted special immigrant status under Section 101(a)(27) of the INA or Section 602(B)(1) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 (AAPA)/Sec 1059(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2006 (NDAA); xviii. Certain non-citizens granted Afghan Humanitarian parole under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the INA who were (1) paroled into the U.S. between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023, or (2) paroled into the U.S. after September 30, 2022, and are: (a) the spouse or child of an evacuee from Afghanistan paroled into the U.S. between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023, or (b) the parent or legal guardian of an unaccompanied child paroled into the U.S. between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023; xix. Certain non-citizens granted Ukrainian Humanitarian parole under section 212(d)(5) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) who were (1) paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2023, or (2) paroled into the U.S. after