"Green Card Holder" and Unemployment

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Susan Jasper - 01 Jul 2009 05:28 GMT

Hello,

I'm a Green Card Holder and may have to file for unemployment benefits
soon. I'm wondering if getting unemployment benefits will hurt my
changes to become a US Citizen?

Thanks
Susan

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Joe Feise (Immigration) - 01 Jul 2009 07:10 GMT

Susan Jasper wrote on 06/30/09 21:28:

> Hello,
>
> I'm a Green Card Holder and may have to file for unemployment benefits
> soon. I'm wondering if getting unemployment benefits will hurt my
> changes to become a US Citizen?

Unemployment benefits are not public aid. They come out of an insurance the
employers pay into.
So, there is no problem at all to get unemployment benefits.

-Joe

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another Bob - 02 Jul 2009 00:05 GMT

In article
<227627c1-9d77-4781-b84b-f04397dfcb4a@n16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,

> Hello,
>
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> Thanks
> Susan

Shouldn't matter. Be sure not to have to get public benefits (welfare,
etc).

Unemployment is not a public benefit. It is insurance that was paid
while your were an employee.

Be sure to take care of yourself and keep healthy.

another bob (not a lawyer)

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another Bob - 02 Jul 2009 00:05 GMT

In article
<227627c1-9d77-4781-b84b-f04397dfcb4a@n16g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,

> Hello,
>
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> Thanks
> Susan

By the way, the public benefits stuff is important to know about. you
can see it on the USCIS web site:

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176
543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=c215c9f3743ff010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchann
el=4f719c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD

If you can't use this URL, here is a shortened one:

http://tinyurl.com/ljfvm2

another bob (not a lawyer)

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