Non-Resident Alien vs. Undocumented Alien

I'm filling a college paper application and it asks residency information. My mom tells me to check non-resident alien but I checked undocumented alien. The non-resident asks that i present a visa type. What's the difference between the both? What would you recommend I check?

Are you DACA approved? What state do you live in?

Non-resident alien is a category usually used to denote people with visas which is why it asks you to provide a visa type. Think foreign students coming to study to the USA when you hear this category.

What are the categories?

You're here legally present without legal status(assuming you have been approved for DACA). Not sure if that makes sense to you.

It means you're present lawfully without basically a visa, permanent residency, or citizenship. Something like TPS is what deferred action is.

I'm not sure what the options for you to check are but between those two the one you checked would be more accurate and probably the correct one.

Yo am DACA approved and I live in Georgia.

The categories are:

-US Citizen
-Resident Alien (Must submit copy of the front and back of Alien Registration Card,Form I-151, or Form I-551)
-Non-Resident Alien (Must submit valid Visa)
-Undocumented Alien
-Other Non-US Citizen (Online student taking classes while residing outside the U.S.)

The categories are:

-US Citizen
-Resident Alien (Must submit copy of the front and back of Alien Registration Card,Form I-151, or Form I-551)
-Non-Resident Alien (Must submit valid Visa)
-Undocumented Alien
-Other Non-US Citizen (Online student taking classes while residing outside the U.S.)

I was not able to find classifications within the Georgia higher education website. You may want to contact them, this is their website...

Usg.edu

I will ask you one thing tho... Have you qualified for in-state tuition?

http://www.usg.edu/student_affairs/d...n_petition.pdf

Notice that when you read through it 'Undocumented alien' does not seem to qualify. I think?
So, I would personally try to 'ride it out' as a 'non-resident alien' by submitting social and Ead. But it's your life, so take my advice as you like... Carefully. Ead is not visa. Unfortunately you live in a GOP state, that question us insignificant here, in Nevada. Good luck.

Non-citizens granted deferred action are considered “permanently residing under color of law” (PRUCOL). Check this video an attorney made for more information.

Undocumented alien.. If you do the other options you'll be charged out of state tuition..

Yeah, this is probably the best one. I think you could put also other non-u.s. citizen and that would also be correct, but I'm not sure what would be the difference there. When I applied to uni I don't even remember undocumented alien being an option. I had to go to the university financial office and ask for state tuition.