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here's the latest the latest is that
just a few days ago our government
issued a proposal to change the rules as
it relates to fee waivers what is a fee
waiver a fee waiver is that I nine one
two right application that you would
submit along with any other applications
or petitions to seek a waiver of those
very expensive immigration fees now not
all immigration petitions would allow
you to waive the fee for example if
you're petitioning for your family for a
green card right and you file that I 130
you cannot obtain a fee waiver on that
one but other applications and petitions
do allow you to waive the fee such as
the i-90 right if you're applying to
replace your lost green card or if
you're seeking naturalization you would
file that n400 those will allow you to
waive the fee and those fees are pretty
expensive right there hi okay so under
this proposed change our government is
now saying if you've received food
stamps SSI cash assistance Medicaid
we're not going to look at that evidence
alone to determine whether we should
waive the fee or not as a matter of fact
we're taking that off the table and
there are only two things that
we will look at now the first is whether
your income is at or below the federal
poverty guidelines or your going through
financial hardships so friends what's
happening here our government is taking
a very very thoughtful look at all of
these immigration policies and they're
saying we're going to keep this one
we're going to get rid of that one we're
going to overhaul this and they are
making a lot of changes which is why I'm
always in front of you talking about
what's being changed so this is just one
of the more recent ones now this is a
rule making process this is not in
effect yet the public has 60 days 60
days to respond to these types of
changes and so if you'd like to respond
to this change you can just do a Google
search for Federal Register I dash nine
one two and it will pull up that
announcement and it will give you the
instructions on how you can submit
online your comments about rules like
this one okay go ahead and find this
Federal Register on Google and comment
but for now in summary what's happening
is if you've received food stamps
Medicaid any of those welfare benefits
SSI cash assistance
you cannot say to the US government
because I've received those benefits I
am now eligible for this fee waiver and
I don't have to pay this fee no not
anymore
only if your income is at or below the
federal poverty guideline or if you are
going through financial hardships on
USCIS s website there is a table that
will tell you what the federal poverty
guideline income is and it's actually
based on your household size for example
if your household size is made up of
three people your income in order to be
eligible for fee waiver for example your
income must be thirty one thousand one
hundred and seventy dollars or below
this okay if your household size is made
up of
five people okay your income must be
forty-four thousand one hundred and
thirty dollars or below that okay it
cannot be forty five thousand in order
for you to be eligible for a fee waiver
okay or if you're seeking a fee waiver
on the basis of financial hardship know
that you must submit a lot of evidence a
lot of documents to the government to
prove that you're going through
financial hardship so that's the latest
friends stay tuned comment on these not
just on my youtube channel but go online
on the federal registers website and
comment comment if you feel very
strongly about these changes friends I
will see you in the next one go ahead
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