WAC 388-466-0005   Immigration status requirement for refugee assistance.  (1) You may be eligible for refugee cash assistance (RCA) and refugee medical assistance (RMA), if you can provide documentation issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), that you are:

     (a) Admitted as a refugee under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationalities Act (INA);

     (b) Paroled into the U.S. as a refugee or asylee under section 212 (d)(5) of the INA;

     (c) Granted conditional entry under section 203 (a)(7) of the INA;

     (d) Granted asylum under section 208 of the INA;

     (e) Admitted as an Amerasian Immigrant from Vietnam through the orderly departure program, under section 584 of the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act, incorporated in the FY88 Continuing Resolution P.L. 100-212;

     (f) A Cuban-Haitian entrant who was admitted as a public interest parolee under section 212 (d)(5) of the INA;

     (g) Certified as a victim of human trafficking by the federal office of refugee resettlement (ORR);

     (h) An eligible family member of a victim of human trafficking certified by ORR who has a T-2, T-3, T-4, or T-5 Visa;

     (i) Admitted as Special Immigrant from Iraq or Afghanistan under section 101 (a)(27) of the INA.

     (2) A permanent resident alien meets the immigration status requirements for RCA and RMA if the individual was previously in one of the statuses described in subsections (1)(a) through (g) of this section.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057, 74.08A.320, 74.08.090, and Public Law 110-161 Section 525; Public Law 110-181 Section 1244; FNS Admin Notice 08-17; State Letter 04-12 from the Office of Refugee Resettlement. 08-14-116, § 388-466-0005, filed 6/30/08, effective 8/1/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-466-0005, filed 7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]