Immigrants who apply for a Green Card will no longer be punished for asking for social aid, except for those that involve cash, but the new public charge rule of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to consider age, health and general finances of an immigrant applying for a Green Card.
The agency recalled that Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act The INA makes a non-citizen inadmissible if they are “likely to become a public charge at some point,” that is, dependent on financial aid from the federal government to live.
“Age; Health; family state; assets, resources and financial status; and education and skills’, as required by the INA”, indicated the DHS that will be considered in the evaluation of an immigrant when applying for Legal Permanent Residence.
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