Legal Resident Definition Requirements
Below is the Minnesota Hockey rule:
III. CITIZENSHIP AND AGE REGULATIONS
A. Youth Junior Gold and younger, and Girl’s 19 & Under and younger Restricted to US citizens only, and limited to amateurs. The Divisions and their
respective cutoff dates as established by the MH Board of Directors are
published on the inside front cover of the MH Handbook.
C. EXCEPTION: A player who is a non-United States citizen but who is a legal
resident of the United States as evidenced by such documentation as; a nonexpired Resident Alien card or a non-expired Visa of the Type/Class that
allows for residency, or who is a resident student from outside the United
States, is eligible to compete. Any Native American who has a Certificate of
Indian Status is also eligible to participate.
Implementation Assistance
To be eligible to participate, the individual must have something other than a
Visitors Visa or other temporary Visa. Under no circumstances is a Visitors Visa
(Visa type B) valid.
The Visa types that are legal include:
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A Resident Alien Card (old name - Permanent Resident Card)
One of the available Student Visas (Visa types F or M)
Intra-Company Transfer (Visa type L)
Government Official (Visa type A)
Dependents (only) of a Temporary Worker (Visa type H4)
Possibly others, but I will need to deal with them on an individual basis. If you
have questions, you should call me.
Diane Ytuarte
USA Hockey Registrar, Minnesota District
507-833-5778