{"data":{"id":"us/34-cfr-668.131","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"34 CFR 668.131","heading":"Definitions.","body":"The following definitions apply to this subpart:\nEligible noncitizen: An individual possessing an immigration status that meets the requirements of § 668.33(a)(2).\nImmigration status: The status conferred on a noncitizen under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1182.\nPrimary confirmation: A process by which the Secretary, by means of a matching program conducted with the INS, compares the information contained in an Application for Federal Student Aid or a multiple data entry application regarding the immigration status of a noncitizen applicant for title IV, HEA assistance with records of that status maintained by the INS in its Alien Status Verification Index (ASVI) system for the purpose of determining whether a student's immigration status meets the requirements of § 668.33(a)(2) and reports the results of this comparison on an output document.\nSecondary confirmation: A process by which the INS, in response to the submission of INS Document Verification Form G-845 by an institution, searches pertinent paper and automated INS files, other than the ASVI database, for the purpose of determining a student's immigration status and the validity of the submitted INS documents, and reports the results of this search to the institution.","path":["Title 34—Education","Subtitle B—Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION","PART 668—STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS","Subpart I—Immigration-Status Confirmation"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-34.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:40Z","sha256":"3ec6f9281186f46153000bc5ffb3da909b48c133f5ba9b1dcd63f070f6625b88","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/34-cfr-668.130","next":"us/34-cfr-668.132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}