• Issue Briefs and Other Resources

• Immigrants' Rights Update Articles

• See also Affidavits of Support and Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status

Issue Briefs and Other Resources

INS Guidance on Public Charge: When Is It Safe to Use Public Benefits? (Q & A pamphlet for advocates and service providers, available from the Community Education page)

Links to Q's and A's and other community education materials by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Public Charge Monitoring Form (10/01)

Long Comments on Proposed Public Charge Regulations (INS No. 1989-99 Inadmissibility and Deportability on Public Charge Grounds, 64 Fed. Reg. 28676, May 26, 1999), National Immigration Law Center (NILC) (7/26/99)

Model Comments on Proposed Public Charge Regulations (For use by organizations that wish to submit comments to the INS regarding the agency's proposed public charge regulations; downloadable as a Microsoft Word file.  Use your browser's "File-->Save As" function to save a copy of this document onto your hard drive.) NILC (7/9/99)

Protecting Immigrants and the Community:  A New Approach to Public Charge Determinations
Linton Joaquin and Braden Cancilla, NILC  |  (from Interpreter Releases, Vol. 76, No. 22) (6/7/99)

Questions and Answers about "Public Charge" (5/26/99) (posted under "Immigrants & Public Benefits – E-mail Benefits Updates")

Administration Clarifies Public Charge Policy for Immigrants Who Use Health Care and Other Safety Net Programs (5/25/99) (posted under "Immigrants & Public Benefits – E-mail Benefits Updates")

Immigrants' Rights Update Articles (back to IRU index)

2007 Federal Poverty Income Guidelines Issued (2/20/07)

Analysis of final affidavit-of-support rule and forms (8/23/06)

Final rule implements 1996 requirement that petitioners submit legally enforceable affidavits of support; USCIS also issues clarifying memo (8/23/06)

2006 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued (3/23/06)

2005 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued (2/18/05)

2004 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued (4/2/04)

2003 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued (4/8/03)

State Dept. Issues Cable on New Affidavit of Support Law (5/30/02) (posted under "Affidavits of Support")

State Dept. Issues Guidance on Forty Quarters and Affidavit of Support (4/12/02) (posted under "Affidavits of Support")

2002 Federal Poverty Guidelines Issued (2/28/02) (posted under "Affidavits of Support")

NILC Initiates Public Charge Monitoring Project (10/8/01)
     ▪ Public Charge Monitoring Form (available for downloading as a Word file)

NILC Monitoring Public Charge Issues (6/29/01)

INS Issues Community Education Flyer on Public Charge Rules (11/17/99)

SSA Issues Public Charge Guidance Regarding Use of SSI (11/17/99)

In re Ulloa:  Immigration Judge Must Advise Respondent of Right to Apply for Public Charge Waiver (6/30/99)

Administration Clarifies Public Charge Policy for Immigrants Who Use Health Care and Other Safety Net Programs (5/25/99)