RMA is restricted to individuals who meet the eligibility requirements
listed in this section:
(1) meet immigration status and identification requirements
in Subpart D of 45 CFR Part 400 and who can provide documentation
of one of the following statuses from the Immigration and Naturalization
Service:
(A) paroled as a refugee or asylee under §212(d)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
(B) admitted as a refugee under §207 of the INA;
(C) granted asylum under §208 of the INA;
(D) admitted as a Cuban or Haitian entrant in accordance
with requirements in 45 CFR Part 401;
(E) admitted as an Amerasian from Vietnam 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 ninth proviso under Migration
and Refugee Assistance in Title II of the Foreign Operation, Export,
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts, 1989 (Public
Law 100-461 as amended));
(F) victims of a severe form of trafficking; or
(G) designated as eligible by the director of the Office
of Refugee Resettlement (ORR);
(2) are within the prescribed eight-month RMA eligibility
period as regulated by ORR;
(3) are not full-time students in institutions of higher
education, as defined by the director of ORR, unless enrollment is
part of an individual's employability plan for a refugee under 45
CFR §400.79;
(4) are ineligible for Medicaid, Children's Health
Insurance Program (CHIP), and state medical programs; and
(5) have income less than or equal to 200% of the Federal
Poverty Level after application of the methodology in Subchapter F
of this chapter (relating to Modified Adjusted Gross Income Methodology).
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