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AILA Doc. No. 20020530 | Dated February 5, 2020 | File Size: 830 K
Download the DocumentUSCIS issued guidance addressing the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule.
The new guidance is effective as of February 24, 2020, and applies to all applications and petitions postmarked on or after February 24, 2020.
USCIS will not consider the application for, certification or approval to receive, or receipt of certain previously excluded non-cash public benefits (such as SNAP, most forms of Medicaid, and public housing) before February 24, 2020. Similarly, USCIS will not consider as a heavily weighted negative factor receipt of previously included public benefits (such as SSI and TANF) before February 24, 2020.
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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 20020530.
Open the DocumentOn March 9, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the pending appeal in DHS v. New York et. al. and the Seventh Circuit also dismissed the government’s appeal in Cook County, et al. v. Wolf, et al. As a result of these decisions, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’s order vacating the 2019 public charge final rule nationwide went into effect.
Subsequently, DHS withdrew its 2019 public charge rule, and USCIS stopped applying the rule to all pending applications and petitions. The DOS public charge rule was enjoined in July 2020, and, in December 2020, DOJ withdrew its public charge rule from OIRA.
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