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October 26, 2009
USCIS issues new guidance on "public charge"
I recently wrote a post on whether the receipt of health insurance through San Francisco Healthy Families made that person a public charge. I concluded that it did not.
Soon after I wrote that post, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") issued some new guidance on the definition of public charge. It is helpful because it lists many programs and specifies what does and not support a public charge definition. For instance, it clarifies that the receipt of unemployment compensation, Title II Social Security benefits and Veteran's benefits do not make an individual a public charge.
USCIS issued guidance on public charge determinations on October 20, 2009.
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