Iraqi Special Immigrant Visa Holders are people who worked with the United States Military in Iraq and received protection for their service. Iraqi Special 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.

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

Eligibility	RCA MFIP SNAP (eligible as LPRs with no waiting period) GA MSA HSP
Most common examples of Immigration Documentation	Special Immigrant Visa Lawful Permanent Resident card  I-94 record I-94 stamp indicating Parole
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 SI SI7 SI3 SI8 SQ1 SQ6 SQ2 SQ7 SQ3 SQ8 SW1 SW2 SW3
Combined Manual Reference	See also: 0029.39 (The Matching Grant Program)