On Dec. 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\u00a0final rule will go into effect. This final rule, which was\u00a0previously announced, provides clarity and consistency for noncitizens on how DHS will administer the public charge ground of inadmissibility. <\/p>\n
This final rule restores the historical understanding of a \u201cpublic charge\u201d that had been in place for decades before the previous administration began to consider supplemental public health benefits such as Medicaid and nutritional assistance as part of the public charge inadmissibility determination.<\/p>\n
When making a public charge inadmissibility determination under this final rule, DHS will consider an applicant\u2019s \u201cage; health; family status; assets, resources, and financial status; education and skills\u201d; a sufficient Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA (when one is required); and prior or current receipt of: supplemental Security Income; cash assistance for income maintenance under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; State, Tribal, territorial, or local cash benefit programs for income maintenance (often called \u201cGeneral Assistance\u201d); or long-term institutionalization at government expense.<\/p>\n
DHS\u00a0will not\u00a0consider receipt of noncash benefits (for example, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, public housing, school lunch programs, etc.) other than long-term institutionalization at government expense.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe published a\u00a0Policy Manual update\u00a0providing guidance to [U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] officers on how to implement this regulation fairly and consistently and informing the public about how the rule will be implemented,\u201d a DHS news release yesterday said.<\/p>\n
USCIS will begin applying the\u00a0policy guidance\u00a0on Dec. 23, 2022, to applications filed (or electronically submitted, if applicable) on or after that date.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have published the [Dec. 23, 2022] edition of\u00a0Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, for applicants to\u00a0prepare their applications in advance\u00a0of Dec. 23, 2022.\u00a0Do not\u00a0file the [Dec. 23, 2022] edition of Form I-485 before Dec. 23, 2022. We will reject any Form I-485 with the edition date of [Dec. 23, 2022] filed before Dec. 23, 2022,\u201d the DHS news release stated.<\/p>\n
What to know about sending us your form<\/strong><\/p>\n – We will reject the July 15, 2022, edition of Form I-485 if it is postmarked on or after Dec. 23, 2022.<\/p>\n – We will reject the Dec. 23, 2022, edition of Form I-485 if it is postmarked on or before Dec. 22, 2022.<\/p>\n Additional information, including FAQs and an\u00a0infographic, are available on the\u00a0Public Charge Resources\u00a0page. (DHS)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Dec. 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility\u00a0final rule…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":381978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1085],"class_list":["post-381977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-dhs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381977","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=381977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}