373-1.3 Requirements for documentation of immigration status.
An applicant for RCA must, as a condition of eligibility, provide proof
to the social services district, in the form of documentation issued by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS), of one of the following statuses:
(a) refugee or asylee status:
(1) paroled as a refugee or asylee under
section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act (the Act); or
(2) admitted as a refugee under section 207 of
the Act; or
(3) granted asylum under section 208 of the
Act.
(b) Cuban/Haitian entrant status:
(1) granted parole status as a Cuban/Haitian
entrant (status pending) or granted any other special status subsequently established
under the immigration laws for nationals of Cuba or Haiti, regardless of the status of the
individual at the time assistance or services are provided; or
(2) any other national of Cuba or Haiti
(i) who:
(a) was paroled into the United States and has not acquired any other status under the
Immigration and Nationality Act;
(b) is the subject of exclusion or deportation proceedings under the Immigration and
Nationality Act; or
(c) has an application for asylum pending with the Immigration and Naturalization Service;
and
(ii) with respect to
whom a final, nonappealable, and legally enforceable order of deportation or exclusion has
not been entered.
(c) certain Amerasians from Vietnam who are admitted to the United
States as immigrants pursuant to section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing,
and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 (as contained in section 101(e) of Public
Law 100-202 and amended by the 9th proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in title
II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts,
1989 (Public Law 100-461 as amended); or
(d) admitted for permanent residence, provided the individual
previously held one of the statuses identified above.