食物券 / Medicaid / WIC 等福利影響綠卡申請(qǐng)嗎?
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在美國(guó)經(jīng)常有一些人會(huì)申請(qǐng)Medicaid / WIC。因?yàn)樵诿绹?guó)生孩子需要一大筆開(kāi)銷。要是如果沒(méi)有保險(xiǎn)COVER,在美國(guó)從懷孕例行檢查到生產(chǎn),順產(chǎn)一般要兩萬(wàn)美金左右,剖腹產(chǎn)大概要兩萬(wàn)多到三萬(wàn)美金了。不過(guò)基本都會(huì)有保險(xiǎn)來(lái)替你付絕大部分啦。那么在美國(guó)申請(qǐng)Medicaid / WIC是會(huì)影響綠卡的申請(qǐng)嗎?
Short answer:以前不影響;以后很可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致綠卡申請(qǐng)被拒。
Trump 上臺(tái)后,美國(guó)政府日益收緊了合法移民的政策。最直觀的一些重要變化包括:
我9月底和 New Jersey 的一位移民律師聊天,她說(shuō),根據(jù)她最近一段時(shí)間的經(jīng)驗(yàn),“They are looking for every reason to deny an application.”
根據(jù) Medicaid 官網(wǎng) 2014 年的說(shuō)明,申請(qǐng) Medicaid/CHIP “will not affect someone's chances of becoming an LPR or US citizen; the one exception is for individuals receiving long-term care in an institution at government expense”,它還同時(shí)表示,申請(qǐng) Medicaid/CHIP 不屬于會(huì)影響綠卡申請(qǐng)的“Public Charge”。
截至2018年9月25日我更新本文時(shí),USCIS 的 “Public Charge Fact Sheet” 依然明確表示以下項(xiàng)目不屬于 public charge,包括 Medicaid(除非用于長(zhǎng)期看護(hù)如精神病院、養(yǎng)老院等)、CHIP、SNAP/Food Stamp、WIC、住房福利、non-cash benefits 等:
2018年9月22日,Trump 政府提議進(jìn)一步收緊移民限制,合法使用 public assistance 和 non-cash benefit 亦會(huì)導(dǎo)致綠卡被拒。
In making this determination, DHS is proposing to consider current and past receipt of designated public benefits above certain thresholds as a heavily weighed negative factor. The rule would also make nonimmigrants who receive or are likely to receive designated public benefits above the designated threshold generally ineligible for change of status and extension of stay.
The public benefits proposed to be designated in this rule are federal, state, local, or tribal cash assistance for income maintenance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicaid (with limited exceptions for Medicaid benefits paid for an "emergency medical condition," and for certain disability services related to education), Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidy, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or food stamps), institutionalization for long-term care at government expense, Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program, Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance, and Public Housing.
Medicaid、SNAP/Food Stamp 以及 Public Housing 等項(xiàng)目,以前明確規(guī)定不屬于 public charge,今后都會(huì)成為綠卡被拒的原因。雖然現(xiàn)在該提案還在公示、尚未正式實(shí)行,但是根據(jù) Trump 上臺(tái)后美國(guó)政府的政策風(fēng)向來(lái)看,該提案極大可能很快會(huì)正式實(shí)施。
新聞稿說(shuō):“By statute, asylees, refugees, and other categories of vulnerable individuals are not subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility and as such are not impacted by this rule. When considering receipt of public benefits in the public charge inadmissibility determination, DHS would also not consider any public benefits received by aliens serving in active duty or in the Ready Reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces, or the spouse or child of the service member. Additionally, DHS would not consider disaster relief, emergency medical assistance, benefits received by an alien’s U.S. citizen children, and Medicaid benefits received by children of U.S. citizens and potential adoptive children of U.S. citizens.”
也就是說(shuō),以下幾類情形暫不受影響:
“Extension of Stay and Change of Status”:
Pursuant to section 214(a)(1) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1184(a)(1), DHS permits certain nonimmigrants to remain in the United States beyond their current period of authorized stay to continue engaging in activities permitted under their current nonimmigrant status. The extension of stay regulations require a nonimmigrant applying for an extension of stay to demonstrate that he or she is admissible to the United States. For some extension of stay applications, the applicant’s financial status is an element of the eligibility determination.DHS has the authority to set conditions in determining whether to grant the extension of stay request. The decision to grant an extension of stay application, with certain limited exceptions, is discretionary.
Under section 248 of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1258, DHS may permit an alien to change his or her status from one nonimmigrant status to another nonimmigrant status, with certain exceptions, as long as the nonimmigrant is continuing to maintain his or her current nonimmigrant status and is not inadmissible under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)(i). An applicant’s financial status is currently part of the determination for changes to certain nonimmigrant classifications. Like extensions of stay, change of status adjudications are discretionary determinations, and DHS has the authority to set conditions that apply for a nonimmigrant to change his or her status.
就是說(shuō):延期和身份轉(zhuǎn)換以后都會(huì)更加注重申請(qǐng)人的財(cái)務(wù)狀況,若申請(qǐng)過(guò)政府福利,除了申請(qǐng)綠卡會(huì)被拒絕以外,延期、轉(zhuǎn)換身份都可能會(huì)受影響。建議申請(qǐng)人加強(qiáng)財(cái)力證明文件。
所以說(shuō)在以前,申請(qǐng)Medicaid / WIC是不影響綠卡的申請(qǐng)的。但是現(xiàn)在美國(guó)移民政策日益收緊。所以說(shuō)在未來(lái)若申請(qǐng)過(guò)政府福利,除了申請(qǐng)綠卡會(huì)被拒絕以外,延期、轉(zhuǎn)換身份都可能會(huì)受影響。
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