Receiving scholarships while waiting on AOS

[ZackAttack 0]

My partner recently arrived in the U.S. on a K-1 visa, and he has been taking ESL classes while waiting for his adjustment of status application to be approved.

 

His school recently offered him a scholarship. Is there any issue with him accepting this money?

 

Technically he isn't working, he is a student, so I wasn't sure if this would cause any issues with his green card approval. 

[Sarah&Facundo 577]

My husband also started school after he arrived on the K1 but before he had his green card. He was not allowed to file a FAFSA due to his status, therefore he couldn't accept most scholarship money. Did your partner file a FAFSA? However, they let him have in-state tuition even though he had not been living there for a year because I had been living there for a year. He was able to accept scholarship money once he got his green card and he could fill out the FAFSA.

[SalishSea 16,804]

45 minutes ago, ZackAttack said:

My partner recently arrived in the U.S. on a K-1 visa, and he has been taking ESL classes while waiting for his adjustment of status application to be approved.

 

His school recently offered him a scholarship. Is there any issue with him accepting this money?

 

Technically he isn't working, he is a student, so I wasn't sure if this would cause any issues with his green card approval. 

No issue if it is a scholarship intended to defray costs of his attendance (tuition, books, fees, etc) vs. a taxable stipend for a TA-ship or something, which would be much more typical at the graduate level.

[SalishSea 16,804]

1 minute ago, Sarah&Facundo said:

My husband also started school after he arrived on the K1 but before he had his green card. He was not allowed to file a FAFSA due to his status, therefore he couldn't accept most scholarship money. Did your partner file a FAFSA? However, they let him have in-state tuition even though he had not been living there for a year because I had been living there for a year. He was able to accept scholarship money once he got his green card and he could fill out the FAFSA.

Scholarship/grant (free money) is different than guaranteed (federally subsidized) student loan.

[Sarah&Facundo 577]

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

Scholarship/grant (free money) is different than guaranteed (federally subsidized) student loan.

I totally agree, but I wasn't referring to a loan. We paid cash for school. At least at my husband's school, a FAFSA needed to be filed in order to even be considered for most of the merit scholarships or grants.  If I remember correctly, they gave him some small scholarship from an alumni association that did not require filing a FAFSA. Once he got his green card, we went back to the  financial aid office and he was allowed to apply for scholarships after filing a FAFSA. That was our situation anyway, although perhaps it varies school to school.

[Chancy 6,233]

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