{"id":1340914,"date":"2024-07-23T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T16:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1340914"},"modified":"2024-07-24T02:22:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T07:22:41","slug":"fema-explains-citizenship-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1340914","title":{"rendered":"FEMA explains citizenship guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"

TYLER – \"\"FEMA is committed to helping all eligible Texas households recover from Hurricane Beryl, including U.S. citizens, non-U.S. citizen nationals and qualified non-citizens. You or a member of your household must be U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen national or qualified non-citizen to apply. Families with diverse immigration status, including adults who are undocumented, can apply as long as at least one family member is a citizen, non-U.S. citizen national or qualified non-citizen. For instance, if you are undocumented and have a child under 18 who is a U.S. citizen and lived in the household during the time of the disaster, you can apply for FEMA assistance.<\/p>\n

A qualified non-citizen includes:
\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7 Legal permanent resident (\u00e2\u20ac\u0153green card\u00e2\u20ac\u009d holder)
\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7 An asylee, refugee, or a non-citizen whose deportation is being withheld
\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7 Non-citizen paroled into the U.S. for at least one year
\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7 Non-citizen granted conditional entry (per law in effect prior to April 1, 1980)
\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7 Cuban\/Haitian entrant
\n\u00ef\u201a\u00a7 Certain non-citizens subjected to extreme cruelty or who have been a victim of a severe form of human
\ntrafficking, including people with a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153T\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153U\u00e2\u20ac\u009d visa.
\nFor adults who apply on behalf of a minor child, the child must have a Social Security number and live with the
\nparent or guardian who applies. The parent or guardian will not have to provide any information on their own
\nimmigration status or sign any documents regarding their status.
\nThe minor child must be under age 18 as of the first day of the disaster incident period, July 5, 2024.
\nWhat if I still have questions?
\nSee Citizenship and Immigration Status Requirements for more information in multiple languages at
\nfema.gov\/assistance\/individual\/program\/citizenship-immigration-status.
\nIf you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re unsure of your immigration status, talk to an immigration expert to learn if your status falls within the
\nrequirements for FEMA disaster assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TYLER – FEMA is committed to helping all eligible Texas households recover from Hurricane Beryl, including U.S. citizens, non-U.S. citizen nationals and qualified non-citizens. You or a member of your household must be U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen national or qualified non-citizen to apply. Families with diverse immigration status, including adults who are undocumented, can apply … Continue reading FEMA explains citizenship guidelines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1340919,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/FEMA-206x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1340914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 09:04:35","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/07\/FEMA-206x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1340914"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1340918,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340914\/revisions\/1340918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1340919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1340914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1340914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1340914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}