need your help pls..

[helpme03 0]

im receiving cash aid and food stamp since march 2007 then last january 27 2009 i filed for my citizenship based on 5 years G.C..im just wondering if theyre gonna denied my application..im just waiting for my interview i did my fingerprint on april 2...help me guyz

[jasminelily 1]

im receiving cash aid and food stamp since march 2007 then last january 27 2009 i filed for my citizenship based on 5 years G.C..im just wondering if theyre gonna denied my application..im just waiting for my interview i did my fingerprint on april 2...help me guyz

Well... I don't know if that would affect your chance of citizenship or not. Who is your sponsor? If the sponsor is supporting you but not the government, I think that claiming food stamp would not affect your chance of becoming a citizen. I'm not an expert in this subject, hopefully someone else can give you advice. I do certainly know that your sponsor would have to pay the government back for what they've pay you. Good Luck!

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

What are my responsibilities as a sponsor?

When you sign the affidavit of support, you accept legal responsibility for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant(s) until they become U.S. citizens or can be credited with 40 quarters of work. Any joint sponsors or household members whose income is used to meet the minimum income requirements are also legally responsible for financially supporting the sponsored immigrant. If the immigrant receives any "means-tested public benefits," you are responsible for repaying the cost of those benefits to the agency that provided them. If you do not repay the debt, the agency can sue you in court to get the money owed. When in doubt, ask the benefit provider whether the benefit is a "means-tested public benefit."

Currently, 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). States and local jurisdictions may also designate certain of their programs as means-tested public benefits.

The following types of programs are not counted as means-tested public benefits: emergency Medicaid; short-term, non-cash emergency relief; services provided under the National School Lunch and Child Nutrition Acts; immunizations and testing and treatment for communicable diseases; student assistance under the Higher Education Act and the Public Health Service Act; certain forms of foster-care or adoption assistance under the Social Security Act; Head Start programs; means-tested programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; and Job Training Partnership Act programs.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Getting cash aid and food stamps should not affect your chances to become an USC.

[weirdon 0]

Getting cash aid and food stamps should not affect your chances to become an USC.

Agree. I know a lot of people get cash aid and food stamps and most of them are citizen. Good luck on your application.