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Most US immigrant visas (h-1b etc) are conditional on not becoming "a burden to the state" so you would be deported if you tried to claim unemployment etc.
by me_again 8y ago
Most US immigrant visas (h-1b etc) are conditional on not becoming "a burden to the state" so you would be deported if you tried to claim unemployment etc.
- dakna 8y agoH-1B is a temporary (nonimmigrant!) visa category.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> Most US immigrant visas (h-1b etc) H-1B is a non-immigrant work visa. The only relation it had to immigrant visas is that, as a dual intent non-immigrant visa, it's not illegal for you to enter on an H-1B with the intent of applying for an immigrant visa without departing in between. > are conditional on not becoming "a burden to the state" That's not exactly true. The condition that actually exists in law relates mostly to the future likelihood at time of admission of becoming a “public charge”. > so you would be deported if you tried to claim unemployment etc. No, but your I-864 sponsors (whose income and assets are considered in making the public charge decision at admission) will have to pay back any payments you get from certain federally-funded public benefit programs. You can be deported for you not paying back your debts for certain other benefit programs in a specified time period, but very few benefit programs create the kind of debts that relate to that. Unemployment, as an earned benefit, isn't actually an issue at all.