Fillable link for vote of new public charge rule!

[Hamdi_khadijah 75]

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can we pin this??
 

THIS DOES NOT APPLY NOW!!!!

THIS IS ONLY FOR INFORMATION on changes COMMING to the USEmbassy / nvc process
when? early next year.

60-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: Public Charge Questionnaire
Through the DS-5540, the Department will collect information regarding applicants' ability to financially support themselves following entry into the United States, without depending on government assistance. Fields primarily pertain to the applicant's health, family status, assets, resources, financial status, education, skills, health insurance coverage, and tax history. Most applicants for immigrant visas, including diversity visas, will be required to complete the DS-5540. Additionally, a consular officer has discretion to require a nonimmigrant visa applicant to complete the DS-5540 if, for example, the officer is not satisfied that the applicant would be self-sufficient during his or her period of stay.

The DS-5540 will be available online in fillable PDF format. Immigrant visa applicants will download the completed form and then upload and submit the completed DS-5540 and other supporting documentation as a part of their immigrant visa application through the Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC). Nonimmigrant visa applicants who are required to submit this form will be able to do so via email or in hard copy.

Applicants for immigrant visas, including diversity visas, will be required to complete the DS-5540, except for categories of applicants that are exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility. The exempted categories are listed in 8 CFR 212.23(a). Exempted categories include applicants seeking immigrant visas based on qualified service to the U.S. government as an interpreter in Afghanistan or Iraq, visas based on a self-petition under the Violence Against Women Act, and visas for special immigrant juveniles. Additionally, a consular officer has discretion to require a nonimmigrant visa applicant to complete the DS-5540, when the officer determines the information is needed, for example, if the officer is not satisfied, based on other available information, that the applicant would be self-sufficient during his or her period of stay. A consular officer may also request any immigrant visa applicant not subject to public charge, but subject to The Presidential Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System (Oct. 4, 2019), to complete questions 4 and 4A from Form DS-5540 to establish that the applicant will be covered by an approved health insurance plan within 30 days of entry into the United States, or that the applicant possesses sufficient financial resources to cover reasonably foreseeable medical costs.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/24/2019-23219/60-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-public-charge-questionnaire?fbclid=IwAR3Xdoy2tOamsw8lrIIm0-MRIPRT5dKwrqi7qh4AQYOcgnMwl4rX7P9BUgA

 

 

 

 

 

WE HAVE A VOICE! Take time and submit your opinion on making the public charge rule even harder to overcome! It will affect everyone! 
 

they are giving 60 days till dec 23 ..for people to comment to see if they launch it or not  ...they are giving people to comment to see their opinions about it...i think we must comment about that....

It shows how to comment in ADRESSES   Section

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/24/2019-23219/60-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-public-charge-questionnaire

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48 minutes ago, Hamdi_khadijah said:

WE HAVE A VOICE! Take time and submit your opinion on making the public charge rule even harder to overcome! It will affect everyone!

Can also submit a comment on the interim rule: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/11/2019-22399/visas-ineligibility-based-on-public-charge-grounds

[geowrian 22,338]

NOTE: This is for feedback on the rule, not a vote. They may or may not incorporate feedback into the final rule (if they proceed with it).

But yes, make your voice heard.