{"id":5341,"date":"2022-12-05T00:35:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/segurotexas.robinpaoli.com\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=5341"},"modified":"2022-12-05T00:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T00:35:49","slug":"que-es-la-carga-publica","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/faq-items\/que-es-la-carga-publica\/","title":{"rendered":"What is public charge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Public charge<\/strong> is a term in immigration law that describes a person who is primarily dependent on the government for support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Some people who apply for lawful permanent residence or an immigrant visa to enter the U.S. must pass <strong>a \u201cpublic charge\u201d test<\/strong>which looks at whether the person is likely to use certain government services in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">As part of this test, the immigration officer will consider the immigrant's:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"n8H08c UVNKR\">\n<li class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Health<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Age<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Income\/resources<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Education and skills<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Family support and sponsor<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"TYR86d zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">Public Charge Test: Use of certain public benefits (Public Charge Rule)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\">The immigration officer weighs all the factors above to decide if the person is \"likely to become a Public Charge.\u201d However, immigration officers will weigh favorably an Affidavit of Support that meets the income and assets requirements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"CDt4Ke zfr3Q\" dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>It\u2019s Important to Know: Most public benefits are NOT considered in the public charge determination and WILL NOT IMPACT the application for immigration status.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carga p\u00fablica es un t\u00e9rmino en las leyes de inmigraci\u00f3n  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[138],"class_list":["post-5341","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-preguntas-frecuentes-para-promotores"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/5341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/segurotexas.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=5341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}