Unemployment

[ferg9]

Hi All,

 

So my wife has had a pretty tough time finding work since we got to America. She has experience in logistics/trade and has had a lot of prospects, took a job a couple months ago at Asus, but it did not work out and they let her go. The HR person she was speaking with told her that she should file for unemployment.

 

My question is regarding whether she will be allowed to collect unemployment, or if she collects unemployment will it hurt her resident status here? We've been here for less than a year, so I'm not sure if that affects anything. I know a big part of applying for the visa is proving that the immigrant won't become a "public charge". Does anyone know if unemployment will be possible or will hurt her permanent residence status in the long run?

 

Thanks so much.

[Randy W]

See the USCIS' Public Charge Fact Sheet for a thorough discussion of the topic

 

 

Benefits Not Subject to Public Charge Consideration

 

. . .

 

• Unemployment compensation

 

[Greg.D.]

I agree, it is a benefit of permanent residence, she and the employer paid into the fund, so benefits have been earned. But she must have been employed at least 6 months and have been let go through no fault of her own.

[dnoblett]

Unemployment tends to be a benefit paid in part by a persons employer.

Has she been employed since arriving and then layed off?

Could only claim unemployment only if she and an employer payed into it.