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Requirements for Aliens who Apply for Health Education Assistance Loans
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service
November 6, 1981 Re: Requirements for Aliens who
Apply for Health Education
Assistance Loans (HEAL)
Dear HEAL Lenders and Schools:
It has come to our attention that students are not providing appropriate
information concerning citizenship status on HEAL applications. This is
to advise you of HEAL Program requirements for students who are not United
States citizens or nationals.
In order to receive a HEAL loan, a student must be a citizen, national,
or permanent resident of the United States, a citizen or permanent resident
of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a permanent resident
of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or in the United States
for other than a temporary purpose and intend to become a permanent resident.
A student who is in the U.S. on a student visa or an exchange visitor
visa is not eligible to receive HEAL loans.
A student who indicates that he or she is not a U.S. citizen or national
in Item 6 of the HEAL application is required to give the I‑94 authority.
We have been receiving applications indicating only the alien registration
number (example: A‑98765432). We have been advised by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service that students in the United States on a temporary
basis (who are ineligible for HEAL loans) may have alien registration
numbers. The alien registration number is, therefore, unacceptable because
it does not. provide proof of permanent residence and we cannot use it
for determining HEAL student eligibility. This means that we cannot insure
loans indicating only the alien registration number.
Lenders must obtain from the student a copy of the Alien Registration
Receipt Card (either Form I‑151 or Form I‑551) as proof of
permanent residence and must assure that the student has indicated "I‑151"
or "I‑551" in Item 6 on the HEAL application. Financial
aid administrators, who forward HEAL applications to lenders on behalf
of their students, should make sure that the applications contain the
appropriate documentation before forwarding them to the lenders. Lenders
shall return applications if the I‑94 authority does not meet requirements.
Students who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents, but are in
the United States for other than a temporary purpose, may be eligible
for HEAL loans. Lenders should exercise especially careful judgment
Requirements for Aliens who Apply for HEAL Loans
when making loans to these students in order to assure that students will
not default on their loans, and that they will be available during repayment
after receiving their U.S. education. Please contact the HEAL Branch at
(301) 436‑5987 for information on individual situations.
Please disregard page 58 (page 4, Exhibit V‑2) of the HEAL Lender/School
manual as it no longer meets requirements.
Sincerely yours,
Michael Heningburg
Director
Division of Student Services
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