Q: Any problem for a person awaiting GC+citizenship to use benefit such as: unemployment, or covered CA healthcare etc?
Marriage based GC -- awaiting removal of conditions and citizenship approvals. Just lost job. Getting conflicting advice on whether any of the benefits above are better not being asked for or not.... Thanks
A:
You should avoid asking for benefits considered by USCIS to be public benefits. Unemployment benefits are NOT public benefits (it is insurance that you pay into) and thus you can collect those. A list of public benefits and more info on "Public charge" can be found here: https://www.ilrc.org/public-charge
And directly from USCIS here: https://www.uscis.gov/archive/public-charge-fact-sheet
Best wishes!
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