What are your responsibilities as a financial sponsor for U.S. immigrants?

1. Generally, as an immigrant financial guarantor, your responsibilities cannot be suspended until the following circumstances occur.

a. The sponsored person becomes a U.S. citizen.

b. The guaranteed person has completed 40 work quarter points. (About ten years of work)

c. The sponsored person has been deported, and after being exempted, there is a new financial guarantor.

d. The guaranteed person dies.

If both husband and wife serve as financial guarantors, even if they divorce, they still have to bear the responsibility of financial guarantee.

2. Generally speaking, an economic guarantor will sponsor a new immigrant and will not become a burden on society. Generally speaking, the social burden recognized by the immigration law is to incorporate the income of the economic guarantor into the income calculation of the new immigrant. Therefore, after combining income calculations, new immigrants should not be entitled to many federal, state and local welfare programs that have income restrictions.

3. Generally speaking, new immigrants can still apply for the following government benefits.

a. Emergency medical assistance.

b. Short-term emergency assistance.

c. Lunch subsidies for school students.

d. Subsidies for junior and intermediate students.

e. Vaccination subsidy.

4. Five years after entering the United States, new immigrants can generally apply for: a. Food stamps. b. Social Security benefits.

5. If your friend has been in the United States for more than five years, he should be able to receive some government subsidies without affecting you as a financial sponsor.