Things you can do to improve your chances that you will NOT be found likely to be a Public Charge in the future.
Yes, I know that this is a long title for a blog post. But after spending a lot of time going over all of the details of the new Public Charge Rule (the Rule) and working with clients on preparing and submitting the new I-944 Declaration of Self Sufficiency, I have been taking mental notes…
Heavily Weighted Negative and Positive Factors under the Public Charge Rule
As explained in a previous post, the Public Charge Rule requires USCIS adjudicators to apply a minimum of seven different factors to immigrant applicants to determine whether they are likely to become a public charge in the future. This has become known as the “Totality of Circumstances” test. In addition to applying this test, adjudicators…



