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Information for Immigrants |
For more information about
health programs for aliens you can visit our Web page for the Medical
Emergency Payment Program for Aliens.
If you would like general information about health access for all
categories of registered and unregistered aliens, download the Guide
to Health Access for Immigrants in MS Word format. |
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Immigration
restrictions have been dropped!!! Any legal immigrant who is lawfully
admitted for permanent residence after August 22, 1996 NO LONGER must wait
five years to be eligible for the NJ FamilyCare program. |
A
person or family can qualify for Family Care if they are:
Legally residing in the United States
A refugee
An asylee
A Cuban-Haitian entrant
An alien whose deportation is being withheld by INS
An Amerasian immigrant
A child of an honorably discharged US military veteran
A child of a member of the US military
Certain American Indians born in Canada are treated the same as a US
citizen for the purpose of Medicaid eligibility.
Please
note: No immigrant family accessing NJ FamilyCare benefits will be
considered a "Public Charge".
Public
Charge is a term used by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
to describe people who cannot support themselves and depend on government
benefits that provide cash support, such as, Temporary Assistance for
Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) - or they
live in a nursing home or other long-term care institution at the
government's expense. If an immigrant receives NJ FamilyCare benefits INS
will not consider the receipt of these benefits as a reason to classify
the immigrant as a "Public Charge".
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