Question Regarding Hope Scholarship

Erin_s_Dad
Wed, 25 May 2011 15:51:12 +0000

“Eligible Non-Citizen” means a person who, in accordance with the Federal Title IV Regulations, is a United States permanent resident with a Permanent Resident Alien Card (I-551); or a conditional permanent resident (I-551C); or the holder of an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing any one of the following designations: “Refugee”, “Asylum Granted”, “Parolee” (I-94 confirms paroled for a minimum of one year and status has not expired); or “Cuban-Haitian Entrant”. Victims of human trafficking, in accordance with the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act, may also be considered Eligible Non-Citizens. Persons with an F1 or F2 visa, a J1 or J2 exchange visitor visa, or a G series visa are not Eligible Non-Citizens.

[Office of Student Financial Aid at the University of Georgia](http://www.uga.edu/osfa/hope.html)



They have goofballs in the front picking up phones … they categorize all visas as a denial

While it looks like your visa category is not explicitly barred, the Hope language is based on what categories are eligible non-citizens. Since your E-2 visa doesn’t fall under the eligible categories I don’t think Hope would apply to you.