CYDEO must verify your community membership to determine your eligibility based on the below verification documents. CYDEO reserves the right to request additional supporting documentation to verify service status.
Criteria
| Minimum Required Documents
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Ability to speak basic Uyghur language
| Letter of Support from the Uyghur American Association (UAA) that confirms language skills
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Verify refugee status is within 10 years of CYDEO application date.
| Documents (e.g. USCIS or UN) that demonstrate refugee status either in the U.S. or other country issuing the refugee status (not required to be the U.S.)
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Must hold current or expired passport from China
| Color photocopy of passport. Provide explanation for any differences in names. In cases where passports are withheld, a birth certificate may be accepted.
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If you are a family member or legal guardian of a Uyghur community member who meets the above criteria.
| In addition to submitting documents above for the sponsoring Uyghur community member, submit documents that demonstrate legal family connection
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Any questions pertaining to supporting documentation can be sent to: scholarships@cydeo.com