Means Tested Benefits/Assistance

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

The petitioner needs to ask their case worker regarding the housing benefit if the beneficiary will be allowed to live at the residence. Most of the housing programs have restrictions on who can reside at the residence and if they are considered as receiving the MTB...

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

So as far as the petitioner's use of MTB goes, the beneficiary's existence in the household will basically be ignored? He won't be the recipient of MTB by default and therefore no worse for wear when filing for AOS? If that is the case that is really good to know.

As belinda has told you, check with your caseworker. Every state handles it differently.

The one thing that is the same, across the board for immigration purposes, is that use of means-tested benefits by the US citizen spouse will not in and of itself cause a denial of the adjustment.

There are known cases of both visas and status adjustments being denied if the US citizen spouse has been a long-time recipient of benefits, most specifically cash benefits.

[Muddled 0]

Thank you.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

What often happens with subsidized housing and food stamps (hate that terminology) is the immigrant is not counted in the household size. OR if they are counted, they are 'discounted'.

In that way, the immigrant and the US family do not "benefit" from the addition of another person.

Wrong.

Please leave your judgments out of the facts.

Johnny, YOU tell me where there was a judgment in my statement. I have stated the same thing over and over that Belinda and everyone else have stated regarding the means-test benefit.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

LifesJourney,

You said this:

"The SO can not be a benefit receiver of means test benefits until they have been a LPR and been in the USC 3-5 years. So what that is saying is that- he should not be living with the SO in her means test benefit housing."

You might not have meant it so sound like a judgment on the OP, but it does sound that way. If it was not intended as such, then my apologies.

[VanessaTony 3,567]

** moved from moved from "Adjustment of Status (Green Card) from Family Based Visas" to General Immigration Related Discussion as this isn't an AOS question specifically, more a general Immigration question**