This is question 14 on the FAFSA.

This field indicates the student's citizenship status.

U.S. citizen (or U.S. national) indicates the student is either a U.S. citizen or a U.S national. A person is a United States citizen by birth or by naturalization. Persons (except for the children of foreign diplomatic staff) who are born in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and, in most cases, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands are U.S. citizens, as are most persons born abroad to parents (or a parent) who are citizens. All U.S. citizens are considered to be U.S. nationals, but not all nationals are citizens: natives of American Samoa and Swain’s Island are not U.S. citizens but are nationals and therefore may receive federal student aid funds.

Eligible noncitizen indicates the student is not a U.S. citizen (or U.S. national) and is one of the following:

• U.S. permanent resident with a Permanent Resident Card (I-551, formerly known as an Alien Registration Receipt Card or "Green Card")
• Conditional permanent resident (I-551C)
• Other eligible noncitizen with an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing any one of the following designations: "Refugee," "Asylum Granted," "Parolee " (must be paroled into the U.S. for a minimum of one year and have DHS proof of intent to become a citizen or permanent resident), or "Cuban-Haitian Entrant"
• A resident of Palau (PW), the Republic of the Marshall Islands (MH), or the Federated States of Micronesia (FM)
• A Canadian-born Native American under terms of the Jay Treaty

Neither citizen nor eligible Noncitizen indicates the student is in the U.S. on:

• A F1 or F2 student visa,
• A J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa,
• G series visa (pertaining to international organizations) , or
• Other categories not included under U.S. citizen and eligible noncitizen

The response cannot be blank.

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