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only TPS (and not granted parole) is not eligible for TANF federal assistance and may not be eligible for other federal benefits.

The following groups of non-citizens must meet the five-year residency requirement and are not eligible for benefits for their first five years of U.S. residency. After being a U.S. resident for five years, they may be eligible to receive benefits.

Non-Citizen Category Documentation Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) A person lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the INA; and has 40 qualifying quarters under Title II of the Social Security Act.

Qualifying work quarters includes

• quarters the non-citizen worked • quarters credited from the work of a parent of the Non-citizen while the non-citizen is under the age 18 • quarters credited from the work of a spouse of the non-citizen during their marriage if they are still married or the spouse is deceased

No qualifying quarter of coverage that is creditable under Title II of the Social Security Act for any period beginning after December 31, 1996, may be credited to a non-citizen for the quarter if the parent or spouse of the non-citizen received any Federal means-tested public benefit. I-551, Permanent Resident Card, or I-327, Re-entry Permit Conditional Entrant A person granted conditional entrant refugee status before April 1, 1980. I-94 is stamped “Refugee Conditional Entry” and cites INA Section 203(a)(7) Parolee A person granted parole for at least one year under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA. A parolee refers to any non-citizen who is under the supervision of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Any non-citizen who is inadmissible to the I-94 with stamp showing admission for at least one year under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA