Your Affidavit of Support May No Longer Be Enough

The Trump administration has updated all the public charge regulations starting September 22nd. That's all the stuff related to your affidavit of support, not you can support yourself above the poverty level while your family member yourself above the poverty level. So here's exactly what changed. The administration rescinded the 2022 public charge regulation, but it did not simply bring back. Instead, it removed the narrow definition of what is a public charge and immigration officers much broader discretion to determine whether you're going to be able to support yourself above the poverty level. For an I45 filed on or after September 18, the immigration officer can examine the applicant's age, health, family size, income, assets, education, job skills, employment history, and of course, the support, which previously was the gold standard, but now just a portion of the overall information that decision to obtain a green card. Explanation specifically discusses Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, CHIP, housing assistance, subsidized healthcare, and even school meal programs. But immigration still has to issue guidance explaining how those to be weighed. Now, using one benefit does not automatically mean to be denied. And benefits by your U.S. citizen child or your U.S. citizen spouse not counted as your benefits. Refugees, asylees, VAWA applicants, many humanitarian applicants. Anyway. The Affidavit of Support, the I864, is still required, but no longer automatically protects the case. If your I485 is properly filed before September 2022 rule continues to apply. To look at of support. A good one? You're approved. And after that date, 18th, there's going to be a new version of the I45. So anyone who fills out an old I45 and files it after September 18th, it rejected. To know. Do not cancel your child's food assistance. Speak with an immigration lawyer before you file, or make any changes in your life.