Yes, possibly.
Receipt of any public benefit, that’s listed above, after October 15, 2019, for a period of more than 12 months in the aggregate within any 36 month period could result in being deemed a public charge. If you receive more than one benefit, it will be doubled in the months counted (e.g. SNAP and Housing assistance in one month = 2 months counted).
The use of benefits by refugees, asylum seekers, certain victims of domestic violence and children who qualify for “special immigrant juvenile status” is not included. Also, those enlisted in the military (and their spouses and children) are not included in the new public charge test.
If you are not directly receiving public benefits for yourself and no one else is asking for benefits for you, then most likely this regulation does not apply to you.
You DO NOT have to stop your benefits and should not, right now. The regulation has a 60-day waiting period before it becomes law. This new regulation will not take effect, if it does at all, until October 15, 2019, and does not count against you any benefits before Oct. 15, 2019. But even before then, there are advocates across the country filing lawsuits with the court to stop this new change from ever taking place.
The new regulation does not include some public benefits in its consideration for a public charge determination:
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