Citizenship and Residency Requirements for Government Student Loans

A review was conducted of the possibility that foreign nationals may be improperly receiving direct government or government-guaranteed student loans. Preliminary work indicates that the laws establishing eligibility for National Direct Student Loans, Health Professions Loans, and Nurses Training Loans are silent with regard to foreign national students. Additional research is being done to determine whether Congress ever addressed the issue of giving government student loans to foreign national students.