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http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/howtoapply/incomeguidelines.htm
上边这个是关于申请WIC的条件,据说只要不接受现金补助,对未来申请绿卡没有影响,即使接受了也不一定有影响:
Many legal immigrants fear that if they receive various public
benefits, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) or State
Department will decide they are likely to become a "public charge." A
public charge finding may result in denial of permission to adjust to
legal permanent resident status, denial of a visa to enter the United
States, denial of re-admission to the United States after a trip abroad
for more than six months, or, in very rare circumstances, deportation.
Recent research suggests that public charge concerns, along with other
"chilling effects" related to welfare reform and confusion about
eligibility rules for benefits, have kept many legal immigrants from
accessing benefits for which they are eligible.(1)
In May 1999, the Immigration and Naturalization Service issued
important new guidance that should greatly ease the public charge
concerns of immigrants eligible for public benefits.(2) The guidance
narrowly limits the situations in which receipt of public benefits is
relevant to a "public charge" finding. Under the guidance, the receipt
of any non-cash benefit, with the sole exception of
institutionalization for long-term care at government expense, is never
a factor in a public charge determination. Thus, immigrants can accept
Medicaid, food stamps, WIC, housing benefits, child care subsidies or
other non-cash benefits without endangering their immigration status.
In addition, although receipt of certain types of cash assistance
remains relevant to a public charge determination under the guidance,
the vast majority of immigrants have no reason to avoid cash assistance
because of concerns about adverse immigration consequences related to
public charge. With a few rare, albeit important, exceptions,
immigrants who remain eligible for cash assistance under either the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program or the
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program can freely accept that
assistance without endangering their immigration status.
Although the INS is careful to note that providing an exhaustive list
of non-cash benefits is not possible, the proposed rule does list
several types of benefits that may not be considered for public charge
purposes, including:(13)
Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and other health
insurance and health services, other than support for long-term care;
food stamps, WIC, and other nutrition programs;(14)
housing benefits;
child care services;
energy assistance;
job training;
educational assistance; and,
similar state and local programs. |
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