Many might be led to believe that the $1,400 coronavirus stimulus checks can only be received by American taxpayers residing in the United States.

Per Internal Revenue Service guidelines, however, those who are eligible for the funds are much more expansive.

It appears that any lawful permanent resident of the United States with a valid Social Security number who pays taxes here is fully entitled to the stimulus funds.

These particular residents are individuals who are legally residing permanently in the country as an immigrant, and they are generally given an alien registration card—also known as a green card.

However, know that it is indeed possible to be a qualifying resident alien without having a green card.

According to the IRS, this includes those who are physically present in the United States on at least thirty-one days during the current year, one hundred eighty-three days in the past three years, including the current year, and possess a Social Security number.

Keep in mind, though, that they cannot be claimed as a dependent by another U.S. taxpaying individual.

The conclusion is that undocumented immigrants and immigrants who file their annual taxes with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) are not eligible for the stimulus cash.

As for U.S. citizens who live in foreign countries, know that they are indeed entitled to the third round of checks. As a U.S. citizen living abroad, the IRS should have either direct deposited the payments into a U.S. bank account or mailed them using information from the most recent tax return or Social Security retirement or another federal benefits program.

However, a major fact to keep in mind is that the agency is not able to directly deposit money into foreign bank accounts.

Individuals living in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands can expect to get their hands on the stimulus checks in early June, the Social Security Administration has noted.

But those who are residing in a Freely Associated State— Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or the Republic of Palau—may not be entitled to the funds.

Be aware that the IRS does not distribute the stimulus checks to overseas territories. This endeavor is undertaken by local tax authorities based on information provided by the IRS.

Thus, in order to claim the stimulus cash, one must contact his or her local tax authority.

The IRS has reminded taxpayers that the income levels in this new round of Economic Impact Payments have changed—meaning that some individuals won’t be eligible for the third payment even if they received a first or second stimulus check.

Those who earn as much as $75,000 in adjusted gross income (AGI), or couples making $150,000—in addition to their children or adult dependents—qualify for the full $1,400 per individual.

Ethen Kim Lieser is a Minneapolis-based Science and Tech Editor who has held posts at Google, The Korea Herald, Lincoln Journal Star, AsianWeek, and Arirang TV. Follow or contact him on LinkedIn.