Which application should I complete?

Residency Status FAFSA
Free Application for Federal Student Aid		 WASFA
Washington Application for State Financial Aid
I am a U.S. Citizen  YES  
I am a U.S. permanent resident with a Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as an Alien Registration Receipt Card or “Green Card”).  YES  
I am a conditional permanent resident (I-551C).  YES  

I am an eligible non-citizen with an Arrival-Departure Record (I-94) from the Department of Homeland Security showing one of the following:

  • Refugee
  • Asylum Granted
  • Indefinite Parole
  • Humanitarian Parole
  • Cuban-Haitian Entrant 
 YES  

I am a citizen of one of the following:

  • the Republic of Palau (PW)
  • the Republic of the Marshall Islands (MH)
  • the Federated States of Micronesia (FM)
 YES  

I do not meet one of the above statuses, but 

  1. I have graduated from a Washington high school or obtained the equivalent of a diploma (for example, the GED®) and
  2. I have lived in Washington for three calendar years (36 months) prior to, and continuously since, earning the high school diploma or equivalent.

OR

I hold Deferred Action for Child Arrival (DACA) status (expired or unexpired) from US Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS), and I or my parent/guardian (if a dependant) have lived in the state of Washington for at least one year prior to my enrollment in college.

  

YES

 

 

 

 

 

YES