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아래에 의하면,
I-485에서 public assistance 받은 적 있나고 하면, 그게 public charge로 되건 안되건을 따지면 안되는 것 같네요.
현재 기준으로 public charge 가 안되는 거라도, 그게 public benefit 이니까, public assistance 받은 거네요.Public Benefits Subject to Public Charge
If a foreign national receives certain types of public benefits, he or she could be deemed inadmissible to enter the United States. In cases where an Affidavit of Support was submitted, the government has the right to sue the sponsor for the value of any public benefits granted to the foreign national. These types of public benefits are:
Public Benefits Not Subject to Public Charge
Foreign nationals may receive other types of benefits without it affecting their admissibility to the US. These benefits include:
•Medicaid and other health insurance or services that is not being used for the support of long-term institutional care (including immunizations, testing and treatment of communicable diseases, prenatal care, emergency medical services, and short-term rehabilitation services)
•Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
•Food stamps and the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program
•Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
•Other supplementary and emergency food assistance programs
•Housing benefits
•Child care services
•Low Income home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
•Emergency disaster relief
•Foster care and adoption assistance
•Public schools, including benefits under Head Start
•Aid for elementary, secondary or higher education
•Job training programs
•Community-based programs or assistance, including soup kitchens, crisis counseling and short-term shelter
•Non-cash benefits under TANF, including subsidized child care and transit subsidies
•Earned cash payments, including Title II Social Security benefits, government pensions, veteran’s benefits, and other forms of earned benefits
•Unemployment compensation