{"id":200,"date":"2022-01-14T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T18:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=200"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:10:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T19:10:46","slug":"ineligible-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/apply-for-aid\/ineligible-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Aid for Undocumented Rhode Island Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Undocumented students who meet Rhode Island\u2019s residency requirements, may qualify for state need-based financial aid and institutional need-based financial aid.&nbsp; To apply, students who meet the following criteria should: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete the Alternative Aid Application<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have an understanding that access to federal financial aid via the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is not an option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have applied, been accepted, or are enrolled at URI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have met the conditions and completed an in-state tuition&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/840\/URIAffidavit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affidavit<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please fill out the&nbsp;<strong>Rhode Island Alternative Application for State<\/strong><br><strong>Postsecondary Student Financial Assistance<\/strong>&nbsp;for the corresponding academic year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/26-27-Aid-Application.pdf\" title=\"\">2026-27 English<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/2026-2027-Aid-Application-Spanish.pdf\" title=\"\">2026-27 Spanish<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/RI-Alt-App-Postsecondary-Student-Financial-Assistance_2025-26.pdf\" title=\"\">2025-26 English<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/2025-2026-Aid-Application-SPANISH.pdf\" title=\"\">2025-26 spanish<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to state of Rhode Island and university financial aid, undocumented students may apply for outside scholarships, such as the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.tamtranscholarship.org_&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&amp;r=3egRdQM_x5GrMSqp7mvcoQ&amp;m=HgHOOTwYVdJp0rAPfkq1L6a1D7H_k6dAvfR9voDZDVG5Mtt-3Dl0DECQHy7ufLFz&amp;s=YxyIoLsDcH5hphbnK21S4E0fbLyQN1Opoe5cFc-ShzI&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\">Tam Tran Scholarship<\/a>&nbsp;fund for undocumented Rhode Island students.&nbsp;Current URI students may also apply for&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/uri-foundation-and-alumni-scholarships\/\" target=\"_blank\">URI Foundation scholarships<\/a>&nbsp;annually through Academic Works, which opens in April and is available through student\u2019s MyApps portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may also find helpful information in this <a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/2022-23_Tip_Sheet_Undocumented_Students-1.pdf\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2069\/2022-23_Tip_Sheet_Undocumented_Students-1.pdf\">Tip Sheet for Undocumented Students from NASFAA<\/a>, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about URI financial aid, please make an appointment with a financial aid counselor using&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/starfish\/resources-for-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Starfish<\/a>. If you have any questions on completing the application, please contact <a href=\"mailto:aidapplication@riopc.edu\">aidapplication@riopc.edu<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undocumented students who meet Rhode Island\u2019s residency requirements, may qualify for state need-based financial aid and institutional need-based financial aid.&nbsp; To apply, students who meet the following criteria should: Please fill out the&nbsp;Rhode Island Alternative Application for StatePostsecondary Student Financial Assistance&nbsp;for the corresponding academic year: In addition to state of Rhode Island and university financial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-200","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2335,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/200\/revisions\/2335"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}