Asylum Status

[bhalmes]

Can an individual on asylum status attend higher education in the United States? Can this individual apply for Financial Aid?

[PraetorianXI]

You must be one of the following to receive federal student aid:

U.S. citizen
U.S. national (includes natives of American Samoa or Swain's Island)
U.S. permanent resident who has an I-151, I-551, or I-551C (Alien Registration Card)

If you're not in one of these categories, you must be an eligible non-citizen and must have an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) showing one of the following destinations:

"Refugee"
"Asylum Granted"
""Cuban-Haitian Entrant, Status Pending”
"Conditional Entrant" (valid only if issued before April 1, 1980)
"Parolee"

If you have only a Notice of Approval to Apply for Permanent Residence (I-171 or I-464), you are not eligible for federal student aid.

If you are in the United States on an F1 or F2 student visa or a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, you cannot get federal student aid.

[mh66ii]

Can an individual on asylum status attend higher education in the United States? Can this individual apply for Financial Aid?

If you are asylum approved you are eligible for financial aid.
I have applied in the past and were approved for it, so go for it.