U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility. When you apply to be admitted into the United States or become a lawful permanent resident, USCIS can deny your application if it determines that you are \u201clikely to become a public charge\u201d\u2014meaning you depend primarily on the government to support yourself. The final rule sets out how USCIS will make this determination.<\/p>\n
The new rule will go into effect on Dec. 23, 2022 and will apply to applications postmarked on or after that date. Until then, USCIS will continue to apply the 1999 Interim Field Guidance on public charge inadmissibility, as it has done since March 9, 2021. Your age, health, family status, financial status (including assets and resources), education, and skills;<\/p>\n Whether a sponsor has submitted Form I-864, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA, for you (when required); and \u25a0 Supplemental Security Income (SSI); Benefits received by your family members;<\/p>\n Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or other nutrition programs benefits;<\/p>\n \u25a0 Children\u2019s Health For a full list of the categories of applicants exempted by Congress from the public charge ground of inadmissibility, see the final rule. (PR)<\/strong> U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a final rule on the public charge ground of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":373542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[119],"class_list":["post-377262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-uscis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nWhy this matters<\/strong>
\nUnder the new rule, USCIS formalizes an approach that allows it to follow the law, protect the country\u2019s interests, and address the fear and confusion that previously led eligible noncitizens to disenroll from public benefits (even when they were not subject to the public charge ground).
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\nWhat USCIS will look at<\/strong>
\nUnder the final rule, USCIS will determine if you are likely to become a public charge based on the following:<\/p>\n
\nWhether you have received or are receiving:<\/p>\n
\n\u25a0 Cash assistance for income maintenance under Temporary \u00a0 Assistance for Needy Families (TANF);
\n\u25a0 State, tribal, territorial, or local cash benefit programs for income maintenance (often called \u201cGeneral Assistance\u201d); or
\n\u25a0 Long-term institutionalization at government expense.
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\nWhat USCIS will not look at<\/strong>
\nUnder the new rule, USCIS will NOT consider the following when making a public charge determination:<\/p>\n
\nInsurance Program (CHIP)
\nbenefits;
\n\u25a0 Medicaid (other than long-term institutionalization at government expense);
\n\u25a0 Housing benefits;
\n\u25a0 Any benefits related to immunizations or testing for communicable diseases; or
\n\u25a0 Other supplemental or special-purpose benefits.
\nUnder U.S. immigration law, public charge inadmissibility does not affect or apply to some applicants. That means the new rule will not affect you if you are:
\n\u25a0 Already a lawful permanent resident (in most cases);
\n\u25a0 A refugee;
\n\u25a0 An asylee;
\n\u25a0 Applying for or re-registering for Temporary Protected Status;
\n\u25a0 A special immigration juvenile; or
\n\u25a0 Applying for or have T, U, or Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) status.<\/p>\n
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