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1 hour ago, Khallaf said:

I am super confused, I am looking through your history, and not that far long ago you wanted to know how to remove conditions on a divorce waiver, because your wife cheated on you and is emotionally abusive, she quite her job, you get paid cash under the table so you don't have to report your income, your worried about her filing for section 8 if it will affect you?

 

When what you should be more worried about is being caught being paid under the table, not reporting your income as part of the means tested benefits, I have seen cases where people try and cheat the system and where they are getting benefits from, they finds out and you wind up in jail for fraud.

 

I am not saying that is 100% what your doing but you might want to give that a good thought.

Wow. Good find.  OP,  tax fraud can get you in huge troubles.

K1

29.11.2013 - NoA1

06.02.2014 - NoA2

01.04.2014 - Interview. 

AoS

03.2015 - AoS started.

09.2015 - Green Card received.  

RoC

24.07.2017 - NoA1.

01.08.2018 - RoC approved. 

 

 

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Best way to find out is to look at USCIS site for an explanation

 

https://www.uscis.gov/legal-resources/proposed-change-public-charge-ground-inadmissibility

 

Proposed Change to Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility

Self-sufficiency has long been a basic principle of United States immigration law. Since the 1800s, Congress has put into statute that individuals are inadmissible to the U.S. if they are unable to care for themselves without becoming a public charge and federal laws have stated that foreign nationals generally must be self-sufficient.  Despite this history, public charge has not been defined in statute or regulations, and there has been insufficient guidance on how to determine if an alien who is applying for a visa, admission, or adjustment of status is likely at any time to become a public charge.

 

to me if a person needs section 8 housing they are not self sufficient but public housing as "of now" is exempt

and if you (along with your wife) live in this type of housing ,  you do benefit

 

More to the point

i have seen locally some new and beautiful section 8 apartments 

but i have also seen some in neighborhoods i would not want to live in with my family

 

have you seen where this section 8 housing is?

Do you have green card and ability to work even a second job to keep your family in a safe place?

there are also day care benefits  if she needed them so she could work or go for job training

what i am saying is "the rules can change at any time" and you would be better off in apartment of your choice 

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Two weeks ago you were living with your wife's parents because she cheated on you, you were working under the table and not paying taxes, and you were worried about removing conditions with a divorce waiver.

 

Now you're worried about her Section 8?

 

I suggest you stop trying to circumvent US law, in more ways than one...

 

 

 

 


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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Singapore
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There lots of misinformation being written here about Section 8. There are different types of Section 8 vouchers and they all  are not needs based.

Section 8 is often too tempting a subject for people to spout-off about  in order to press their own agenda. 

 

Many people get Section 8 benefits through no fault of their own. For example: When a large housing development owned by a private corporate entity need renovations (in the millions) that the corporations cannot afford, Uncle Sam steps in and  uses  the Section 8 3rd Party Transfer Program to award vouchers to pay the newly increased rents that pay off the renovations (a private Note financed  by  private banks) for the properties  owned by  private Corporations/Landlords  that were too poor to finance the renovations without some government Corporate Welfare.

 

 

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Correct answer:

 

Non-cash or special purpose cash benefits that are not considered for public charge purposes include:

 

Medicaid and other health insurance and health services (including public assistance for immunizations and for testing and treatment of symptoms of communicable diseases; use of health clinics, short-term rehabilitation services, and emergency medical services) other than support for long-term institutional care

Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Nutrition programs, including Food Stamps, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program, and other supplementary and emergency food assistance programs

Housing benefits

Child care services

Energy assistance, such as the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

Emergency disaster relief

Foster care and adoption assistance

Educational assistance (such as attending public school), including benefits under the Head Start Act and aid for elementary, secondary, or higher education

Job training programs

In-kind, community-based programs, services, or assistance (such as soup kitchens, crisis counseling and intervention, and short-term shelter

 

Dang, if NONE of these is considered being a public charge, what the heck is? If somebody needs all of this help, how in the world can they afford to travel to meet a future spouse, pay all the fees, and support the person? This is ridiculous!

 

 

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55 minutes ago, Love To Teach said:

Dang, if NONE of these is considered being a public charge, what the heck is?

Under current rules (https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p), the following are prohibited for anybody covered by an I-864:

"Federal Means-Tested Public Benefits: To date, federal agencies administering benefit programs have determined that federal means-tested public benefits include food stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)."

 

Additional considerations are in place prior to approval of an immigrant visa or I-485. The CO always looks at a totality of the circumstances.

The proposed rule change would both expand guidance on what to consider as negative factors as well as provide tools for better assessing the financial state of an individual.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Foster Care benefits?  They're  orphans good sir! 

Would you have US  build walls and let the orphans starve?

Emergency Disaster Relief, really?  Fellow citizens made homeless from storms, fires  and floods?

Job Training Programs too?   What happened to 'Pick yourself up by your own bootstraps'?

 

No net is too wide  when casting  for a scapegoat

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https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/694017-people-who-have-never-lived-in-poverty-should-stop-telling-poor-people-what-to-do/

 

The thread above is a good place for anyone interested in discussing the off topic aspect of this- otherwise remember to keep on topic when replying or suffer the wrath of the mods. 

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Yes -- please strictly adhere to the topic.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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See: 65 Federal Register  p. 49994, August 16, 2000; 8 C.F.R. §213a. Both HUD and the Department of Health and Human Services contended that the term "federal means-tested public benefit" should only apply to mandatory programs. (None of HUD’s programs (Section 8) are mandatory programs.) The Department of Justice found that this was a permissible interpretation of the statute (see Memorandum Opinion for the General Counsel for the Department of Health and Human Services, Proposed Agency Interpretation of "Federal Means-Tested Public Benefits" Under Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Department of Justice, January 14, 1997).

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