This is question 14 on the paper FAFSA.

This question cannot be left blank.

Select the option that indicates your citizenship status.

Select U.S. citizen (or U.S. national) if you are a U.S. citizen or 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 (PR), the U.S. Virgin Islands (VI), Guam (GU), and the Northern Marianna Islands (MP) 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 (AS) are not U.S. citizens but are nationals.

Select Eligible noncitizen if you are not a U.S. citizen (or U.S. national) and you are 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" (I-94 confirms that you were paroled for a minimum of one year and status has not expired), "Victim of human trafficking," T-Visa holder (T-1, T-2, T-3,etc.), or "Cuban-Haitian Entrant"
• A resident of the Republic 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

Select Neither citizen nor eligible noncitizen if you are in the U.S. on:

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

If you are neither a citizen nor an eligible noncitizen, you are not eligible for federal student aid. However, you may be eligible for state or college aid, so you should still consider filling out a FAFSA. You should check with your school's financial aid office to see what kind of financial aid you may be eligible to receive.

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