Impact on Green Card Process while claiming Child's SSI benefit

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chandu72

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Dear Sir
I am working on H1B here and had EAD for me and my wife. My child born in Texas with disability and since then he is receiving medicaid and SSI cash benefit. Now my question is, receiving these benefits will it anyway impact in getting my Greencard, I applied my 485 and 140 in July 2007 mad rush and received EAD for me and my wife.
Hope to hear from you on this question, than you for your service
 
Sorry to here about your situation, I too was on H1 when I had a disabled child from birth, but he does not (thank god) meet the disability standard for SSI.

Always remember that he is a citizen, thus it is not you who would be considered a "public charge". But even the SSI fo non-citizens booklet explains that those who become GC holders are in most cases entitled to maintain SSI if originally eligible. There is also a differnce if youx are a 'sponsored' alien, which typically means family-sponsored, not employer-sponsored, like you.

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/11051.html

May I ask a question, though? When my wife and I looked into this, we found my income (wife was not working) was far in excess of the limits for SSI.

I would think that since H1's are by law paid a professional wage (even in Texas), that your income limit would have kicked in, no? Were there other factors?
 
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If you are an H1B worker, why is YOUR health insurance not covering your child's medical expenses? Also, SSI is for very low income and resource families. If you are found to have misrepresented your finances, your goose is cooked!
 
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