Citizenship Status

The Citizenship Status form is for confirming your U.S. citizenship or eligible noncitizen status in order to qualify for federal financial aid programs. 

View the Citizenship Status form for 2025-26

View the Citizenship Status form for 2026-27

You will be asked submit documentation to confirm your citizenship status. Original documentation can be presented in person to One Stop Student Services, or a copy of the documentation can be submitted online using the electronic dropbox (login required).

Acceptable documents to submit include:

  • Certificate of Citizenship or Naturalization
  • Permanent U.S. Resident (Green Card - front and back)
  • Passport page stamped “processed for I-551” along with the pages identifying you.
  • Form I-94 (Arrival-Departure record) stamped “processed for I-551” (front and back)
  • United States Travel Document
  • Machine Readable Immigrant Visa (MRIV)
  • Alien Registration Receipt Card I-151 (front and back)
  • Resident Alien Card I-551 (front and back if Conditional Resident Alien)
  • Form I-94 stamped:
    • Refugee
    • Asylum Granted
    • Parolee (I-94 confirms paroled for a minimum of 1 year). If applicable, include documentation of permanent residency application.
    • T-Visa holder
    • Cuban Haitian Entrant

If you are a U.S. citizen, you may submit one of the following:

  • U.S. birth certificate
  • U.S. Passport
  • U.S. Passport Card
  • Certificate of Naturalization
  • Certificate of Citizenship
  • Certificate of Foreign Service Birth
  • Certificate of Birth Abroad
     

Use this form if...

You have been requested to confirm your citizenship status by the UMN Office of Student Finance to qualify for federal financial aid programs.

Don't use this form if...

The U of M Office of Student Finance has not notified you that this is required to confirm your citizenship status.

Next steps

The form can be submitted online, by mail, or in person. If you are submitting online, you must complete the second page of the form document to certify and agree that your copy of the documentation provided is a true, exact, and a complete copy of the original.

Online

Submit to z.umn.edu/upload-financial-aid-documents. 

By mail

Office of Student Finance 
160 Williamson Hall 
231 Pillsbury Dr. SE 
Minneapolis, MN 55455 

In person

One Stop Student Services
333 Robert H. Bruininks Hall (East Bank)
130 Coffey Hall (St. Paul)