Time Limited

Time-limited individuals have been lawfully admitted to the United States less than 8 years ago. The categories of time-limited aliens are:

Refugee;

Asylee;

Cuban or Haitian entrant; or

Amerasian.

Aliens whose deportation is being withheld and who have been in the United States less than 8 years from the date deportation was withheld are also time-limited individuals.

EXAMPLES OF TIME-LIMITED ALIENS

  1. Simian Kuznot entered the United States as a refugee from Russia on December 2, 1996. He applied for food stamps on June 30, 1998. Mr. Kuznot’s immigration status is refugee. He has been in the United States less than eight years. His food stamps are federally funded. N-FOCUS is coded as “Refugee Section 207.”
  2. Jang Sung Gil and his family were admitted to the United States in September 1997 as political asylees. They request food stamps on January 21, 1998. Mr. and Mrs. Gil’s immigration status is asylee. They have been in the United States less than eight years. Their food stamps are federally funded. N-FOCUS is coded as “Asylee Section 208.”
  3. Orlando Hornandoz defected to the United States from Cuba in August 1996. Upon arrival in Miami, he applies for food stamps. He is determined to be a Cuban entrant who has been in the United States less than eight years. His food stamps are federally funded. N-FOCUS is coded “Cuban-Haitian Entrant - Section 207.”
  4. Ms. Tan had a child born in Vietnam between January 1, 1962, and January 1, 1976, whose father is a United States citizen and was in Vietnam during the Vietnam era. She and her child were admitted to the United States as “Amerasians” and they have been in the United States less than 8 years. Ms. Tan requested food stamps for herself and her child. Their food stamps are federally funded. N-FOCUS is coded “Amerasian.”
  5. Claude Deuvalier fled to the United States in 1995 from Haiti. He arrived in the United States illegally but his deportation was withheld due to the political situation in Haiti. He applies for food stamps on April 15, 1998. He has been in the United States less than 8 years FROM THE DATE HIS DEPORTATION WAS WITHHELD. His food stamps are federally funded. N-FOCUS is coded “Deportation withheld - Section 243(h).”

(Rev. May 1, 1999)