public charge update

[immquestion]

BREAKING: JUDGE STOPS PUBLIC CHARGE RULES.


Does one still have to fill I-944 form.

[aph]

I guess until USCIS changes its rules, it does apply?!

[newacct]

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/injunction-of-the-inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds-final-rule

As long as the July 29, 2020, SDNY decision is in effect, USCIS will apply the 1999 public charge guidance that was in place before the Public Charge Rule was implemented on Feb. 24, 2020 to the adjudication of any application for adjustment of status on or after July 29, 2020. In addition, USCIS will adjudicate any application or petition for extension of nonimmigrant stay or change of nonimmigrant status on or after July 29, 2020, consistent with regulations in place before the Public Charge Rule was implemented; in other words, we will not apply the public benefit condition.

For applications and petitions that USCIS adjudicates on or after July 29, 2020, pursuant to the SDNY injunction, USCIS will not consider any information provided by an applicant or petitioner that relates to the Public Charge Rule, including information provided on the Form I-944, or information on the receipt of public benefits in Part 5 on Form I-539, Part 3 on Form I-539A or Part 6 on Form I-129. Applicants and petitioners whose applications or petitions are postmarked on or after July 29, 2020, should not include the Form I-944 or provide information about the receipt of public benefits on Form I-485, Form I-129, or Form I-539/I-539A.

USCIS will issue guidance regarding the use of affected forms. In the interim, USCIS will not reject any Form I-485 on the basis of the inclusion or exclusion of Form I-944, nor Forms I-129 and I-539 based on whether Part 6, or Part 5, respectively, has been completed or left blank.

[kippenpox]

^Does that effectively mean that they will ignore the I-944 form for any application that is currently processing?

[newacct]

^Does that effectively mean that they will ignore the I-944 form for any application that is currently processing?

I think yes but only if the injunction holds

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[immquestion]

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/gre...nds-final-rule

so we don't have to include for I 944. right?

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so we don't have to include for I 944. right?

USCIS will issue guidance regarding the use of affected forms. In the interim, USCIS will not reject any Form I-485 on the basis of the inclusion or exclusion of Form I-944, nor Forms I-129 and I-539 based on whether Part 6, or Part 5, respectively, has been completed or left blank

[immquestion]

USCIS will issue guidance regarding the use of affected forms. In the interim, USCIS will not reject any Form I-485 on the basis of the inclusion or exclusion of Form I-944, nor Forms I-129 and I-539 based on whether Part 6, or Part 5, respectively, has been completed or left blank

one attorney yesterday said one will to include the I944 form as current administration will appeal against this.

[aph]

I don’t know why the attorney will recommend that but per USCIS’ explicit updated guidelines on I-944 iro of the injunction, that wouldn’t be necessary.

[immquestion]

Hi, is Public charge back?

[newacct]

Hi, is Public charge back?

Yes for all states except for Vermont, Connecticut, and New York. But the USCIS website hasn't been updated yet.

[verbose]

Wow - that was fast!

[Upnext1975]

Damn so that means if I submitted my applications without I-944 is automatically going to be rejected? Any help please

[immquestion]

Wow - that was fast!

which city you have applied , your parents AOS application is really fast.