Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Holders are people who worked with or for the United States Military in the war in Afghanistan and received protection in the United States for their service. People have been arriving in the United States with this status since 2006. Afghan Sepcial Immigrant Visa Holders are Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) upon entry into the United States.

Use SAVE to confirm the LPR status. If SAVE does not confirm LPR status, submit a PolicyQuest (PQ) and attach available immigration documentation for further assistance.

Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Holders are LPRs. See TE02.06.09 (IMIG Panel Coding and Workaround), for system coding.

See 0031.01.01 (Afghan Humanitarian Parolees).

Eligibility	RCA MFIP SNAP (eligible as LPRs with no waiting period) MSA GA HSP
Most common examples of Immigration Documentation	USCIS Approval Notice Special Immigrant Visa in passport Lawful Permanent Resident card  I-94 record
Likely to be sponsored?	Sponsor deeming does not apply.
Category Code - Lawful Permanent Resident Card  Explains the code on the LPR card when a person "Adjusted from" this status.	SI1 SI6 SI2 SI7 SI3 SI8 SQ1 SQ6 SQ2 SQ7 SQ3 SQ8 SW1 SW2 SW3
Category Code - I-94	LPR
Combined Manual Reference	See also: 0029.39 (The Matching Grant Program)