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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 15

West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 52 Chapter 15 Noncitizens, Refugees, and Citizenship

Compacts of Free Association (COFA) Citizens No American Indians Born Abroad No Hmong or Highland Laotian Tribal Members No Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants (SIV) No Certain Afghan Nationals Granted Parole Between July 31, 2021, and September 30, 2024 No Certain Ukrainian Nationals Granted Parole Between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2024 No Victims of Severe Trafficking No Conditional Entrants Yes Battered Aliens Yes Individuals Granted Parole for a Period of at Least One Year Yes

• Aliens who adjust status to LPR from one of the groups exempt from the 5-year waiting period in section 403 of PRWORA (8 USC 1613), are not required to wait 5 years after becoming an LPR. • The 5-year waiting period begins on the date the alien obtains status as a qualified alien or enters the U.S. in a qualifying status under 8 USB 1613. • These groups include lawful permanent residents, asylees, refugees, parolees, individuals granted withholding of deportation or removal, conditional entrants, Cuban or Haitian Entrants, battered aliens, and alien victims of a severed from of trafficking, certain American Indians born abroad, and Hmong or Highland Laotian tribal members. • Refugee, individuals granted asylum, deportation withheld, Cuban and Haitian entrant, Amerasian, individual in a SNAP-eligible alien group with a military connection, individual in a SNAP-eligible alien group who is under age 18, American Indian born abroad, and Hmong or Highland Laotian tribal member.