2025-26 Audit and Reporting Guidelines Format Final- Harsha

I MMIGRANTS , PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR GREEN CARD HOLDERS

These documents should guide you in asking residency questions for Immigrants, Permanent Residents or Green Card holders or Non-Immigrant VISA holders, or Undocumented Aliens, but are NOT in and of themselves proof of residency status:

1. Physical Mississippi address (not a P.O. Box) 2. MS high school or college transcript

3. MS GED. Note: Beginning July 1, 2012, non-Mississippi residents can take the GED in Mississippi. Be advised that the HSE may show the address of student when HSE was taken.

IMMIGRANTS, PERMANENT RESIDENTS OR GREEN CARD HOLDERS

 ● Permanent Residency card holders (commonly referred to as a Green card) are a type of immigrant who are U.S. permanent residents.  ● Have the ability to establish a domicile in MS and thereby may qualify as MS residents  ● In some cases persons granted asylum may qualify as MS residents. This documentation should be presented to the MCCB for review during monitoring.

N ON - IMMIGRANT V ISA H OLDERS

NON-IMMIGRANT VISA HOLDERS  ● Persons holding non-immigrant visas are NOT entitled to MS residency. Because those visas are temporary in nature, non-immigrant visa holders retain the residency of their home country. (In rare cases, exceptions may be made due to special provisions or special circumstances allowed by law. But those provisions or circumstances would require legal documentation.),  ● Non-immigrant visa categories include, but are not limited to:

A – diplomats

J – exchange visitors K – fiancé or fiancée

B – tourists and business visitors

C – visitors in transit D – crew members E – traders and investors F – academic students

L – intra-company transfers M – vocational students

N – relatives of employees of international orgs

O – persons with extraordinary abilities

G – representatives of international orgs P – athletes and artists H – temporary workers

Q – international cultural exchange

I – media representatives

R – religious workers

U NDOCUMENTED A LIENS

UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS  ● Do not have visas, thus cannot be Mississippi residents  ● Cannot be considered for in-state tuition

L IST O F A PPROVED R ESIDENCY D OCUMENTS

In cases where residency documentation is required, two forms of supporting documentation must be in the file. Acceptable supporting documentation may include: 1. Current MS Driver’s License or State issued ID (Persons moving into MS on a permanent basis

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Updated 10/01/2023