305.07 Ineligible Sponsored Aliens SR 06-12, 10/06 (FAM-A) |
Noncitizens who are sponsored by any private or government organization are ineligible for 3 years following entry to obtain permanent residence.
Exceptions:
• The sponsor is unable to meet the noncitizen’s total needs. The noncitizen must obtain from the sponsor a completed Form 769, Alien’s Sponsor’s Affidavit of Non-Support.
- If the sponsor’s money, when combined with the noncitizen’s other countable income, makes the individual income-eligible for TANF/UP, the sponsor is not meeting the noncitizen’s total needs.
- If the noncitizen claims that the sponsoring organization no longer exists, the noncitizen must provide a signed and dated written statement with the agency’s name and the fact that it no longer exists.
• The sponsor no longer functions as a sponsor.