Uniting for Ukraine
Program U4U in March 2022 was announced for 100 thousand people, later this limit was removed.Validity of the U4U programfor Ukrainians: 90 days window, have time to fly to the USA from the moment you receive the TA. Now, upon arrival at the border, you are given a humanitarian password and given to fill out a form, which is also a work permit.U4U how long to wait application approvalsponsor - it takes from 7 to 14 days, after which you can fly to the USA to get a password for 2 years. Then you need toU4U legalization because the password is only for 2 years.U4U when they closethen the humanitarian password will continue to operate.
Vaccination for travel to the USA under U4U vaccinations
Who can get the Uniting for Ukraine humanitarian password
U4U how and where to find sponsor
How to speed up obtaining a work permit in the USA
How NOT to get rejected when applying for an expedited work permit review?
U4U is it possible leave from USA u4u legalization
What to prepare for immigration to the USA for Ukrainians
My experience of studying and working in the USA
Step-by-step plan of action on how to apply for the U4U program for Ukrainians:
First, the sponsor completes the i134 form.
After that, when the sponsor is approved, you need to make a personal account on the site, and after that confirm all your biographical and biometric data. Also, it will be necessary to confirm the full vaccination.
More information you can find on this link
After that, when all your documents are reviewed, you receive permission to enter the United States for 90 days. That is, you need to leave for a period of 90 days after receiving this permission. Then you will receive a humanitarian password to pass through passport control.
After that, you enter the United States. Next - Then you have 90 days to pass medical tests, screening for tuberculosis and, if desired, still apply for a work permit. Then, having received the SSN, the social security number - social security number, you became a US resident.
From now on, you can take a house and other real estate at interest like all US residents, take cars on credit, leasing and other types of financing. The average interest on mortgage loans in the US is 2.7% What affects the interest rate: credit history; credit rating; Family status; and many other factors. For example, for military personnel or retired mortgages, even without a down payment.
The UNITED FOR UKRAINE program requires 3 vaccinations: measles, polio and Covid. A vaccine for U4U is required even for a child of five years of age. Yes, yes, you will now begin to say that in Europe they do not vaccinate children under 12 years old. Everything is just like that. But, according to this program, this is a prerequisite.
Vaccinations for U4U what to do in such a situation? You need to check the box in your personal account that you undertake to complete a full cycle of Covid vaccinations for a five-year-old child upon arrival in the United States.
Joe Biden announced a new Uniting for Ukraine program. From that moment on, Ukrainians were no longer allowed into the United States using a humanitarian password, which was received at the border and requested directly from the United States border guard.
The U4U program was opened with a limit of 100,000 Ukrainians fleeing the war in Ukraine, while you need to find a sponsor, get vaccinated and undergo a medical commission. Under this program, Ukrainians will receive the right to stay in the United States for up to 2 years with the right to work.
You must be a citizen of Ukraine and live on its territory until February 11, 2022.
The easiest way to find a sponsor is through Facebook posts, thematic groups, or Telegram publics, as well as legal entities, such as Catholic and Orthodox churches, as well as individual priests of churches, such as Father Benjamin Chinappan more...
The US government has developed the Welcome US website, where sponsors currently submit their applications. These are the people who want to help the citizens of Ukraine and very soon this list of sponsors will be available to each of you so that you can contact them directly and ask for help. Welcome US more...
I know how many were waiting for official information. Having studied all official sources, we are ready to share. The list of benefits for Ukrainians who received a humanitarian password (including under the United for Ukraine program):
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) cash assistance.
Medicaid health insurance.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Food Assistance.
Medical assistance program.
Work permits.
Teaching English.
Specialized programs.
Care for children.
IMPORTANT!
Benefits and benefits for Ukrainians are considered for each state individually. Therefore, there are NO specific figures and amounts in official sources. Please consider this.
How to get it and is it real at all? Today we will talk about California, because in California the Democrats are in power. And, it is the Democrats who always help the most vulnerable segments of the population. That is, people who have a low social income.
These people include: the poor, the homeless. drug addicts, and marginalized individuals. You can get $250 to pay for groceries. The so-called footsteps.
After that, you can qualify for free insurance and social. an allowance of $800. How to get this benefit?
First, you need to come to the social service. help, to defend a kilometer-long queue along with homeless people, outcasts and drug addicts. I'm not kidding.
After that, fill out 100-500 forms, and then submit an application. Your documents will be reviewed and a permit will be issued to you.
Ukrainians who received a humanitarian password in the United States.
Members of the Uniting for Ukraine program.
The spouses of these people.
Single children under 21.
There are two ways to help read more - U4U benefits in the USA
The first thing you need is an offer (invitation to work).
The second is to explain, to show that you really have financial difficulties (rent, buying food, kindergarten, etc.).
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Go to this site, enter your ZIP code, address of residence and the system finds a representative of your district:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
2. Go to his/her website (the button is under the representative's photo).
3. In the list of provided services (services), find "Help with a Federal Agency". Then click "Request Help".
4. Start filling out the form. In the "Agency Involved" field, select "Citizenship and Immigration Services".
5. Fill in the sponsor's data, your own.
6. In the "USCIS Information" block, in the "Form Types" column, select "I-765".
7. At the end, you will need to write a letter explaining why you need to expedite your work permit and what financial difficulties you are facing. Maximum detail.
You probably already know how to file a request with the immigration service (USCIS) to expedite the processing of an application for a work permit.
What to do if you were denied such a request or you did not receive a response from USCIS at all (if it was denied)
In this case, you need to wait a few days and call USCIS again. Most likely, you were denied because the reason you provided does not meet the criteria according to which USCIS approves such requests.
According to the USCIS website, immigration may consider an expedited request if the reason matches one of the following:
Serious financial loss to a company or person.
Emergencies and pressing humanitarian causes.
A non-profit organization whose request is to support the cultural or social interests of the United States.
interests of the US government.
USIS error.
In addition, the USCIS officer may ask you about the sponsor. You will need to answer:
You don't have a sponsor (Ukrainians who don't U4Uwho received a humanitarian password at the US-Mexico border, no sponsors; also, Ukrainians who applied for TPS do not have sponsors).
Your sponsor is unable to support you. If you submitted a request and did not receive a response from USCIS, call again and inquire about the status of your request.
Mergency needs to call uscis, explain the reason to one officer over the phone.
Then, within two days, another officer calls you, explaining everything to him the same.
Then he appoints you the time and date where to come to the third officer. Come, explain, show documents that confirm your emergency.
Documents must be translated into English and certified by an American notary. If you are approved, pay $575. You will receive your paperwork immediately. And within 90 days from the date of receipt of the paper, must return to the United States.
The United for Ukraine program is humanitarian password, which is provided to residents of a country in which hostilities, famines, natural disasters, or any other humanitarian disaster are taking place. Based on this, in the event of hostilities in Ukraine, if you leave the country that granted you protection, without a good reason, you may be asked a little more questions upon return to clarify all the details.
A priori, it is believed that you put yourself at risk by leaving the country that provided you with a humanitarian password or temporary protection, but the main question if you want to enter the country again is whether you really needed a humanitarian password, and if your arguments do not match, then you can be sent for interrogation and asked a lot of questions, so in the worst case, you can be deported for life - a ban on entering the United States if your actions are considered fraudulent. And they can count so if there are inconsistencies in your answers or the inspector doesn’t like something.
Fortunately, there are more than a million lawyers in the United States who will gladly file an appeal, analyze the whole situation, and prepare the necessary documents for the trial. Therefore, you must first warn the US authorities about your intention to leave, get an Advance Parole that will allow you to leave the US and return using the U4U humanitarian password. Lawyers will also help you prepare documents for submission.
This is when the US allows those who are not eligible to enter the US to enter the country on humanitarian grounds. Humanitarian parole is a special permit, for example, for people for whom there is a threat to their lives, in the case of Ukrainian citizens living there until February 11, 2022.
The humanitarian password is received at the border when you move from one country to another. In our case, these are Mexico and the USA.
There is Tijuana. There is a pedestrian crossing there. What does it give? Gives the opportunity to be temporarily in the territory of America. "Humanitarian password" is issued for a year. What is its advantage? That you can then switch from a password to another status.
U4U legalization in the USA
You can legalize, for example, get married or get married, get a green card for marriage. Or - at work. What is the minus of the "humanitarian password"? The fact that a huge influx of refugees is now crossing the border. And, of course, you will want to officially work when you are already in the United States. To do this, you need to obtain a work permit, for which you must submit the relevant documents. That is, it can take from several months to 8 months.
Obtaining a "humanitarian password" assumes that you will be legalized in the United States in the future, or leave the United States.Legalization only with the help of immigration lawyers. Of course, you will need to look for a former lawyer, and then come up with options for how you can legally stay in America.
More information you can find on thislink
Ukraine for immigration - first you need to leave Ukraine altogether, somehow. Because everything is blocked for you, and your men are kept from 18 to a certain age, you are not traveling. You have to go somewhere first. Because immigration means by itself, it’s not just that you run across the border, where you can simply be shot, either on the Mexican or on any border. And you are officially asking for either asylum, which I consider an extreme measure, because according to your biometric passport you can stay up to 90 days in the US. In a calm situation, weigh it, but you need it. Can still request a temporary residence permit and get a job. That is, there are plenty of options before you apply for asylum. Shelter is always:
Not exactly - you will simply be added to the lists.
In general, it’s not a fact that they will give you something with this asylum, work later, or get a job.
Think logically before applying for asylum. I repeat and will repeat, asylum is a last resort. You can just enter, in your case without a visa at all, and weigh the situation before applying for asylum. You are a Ukrainian, you travel to the nearest US country with your biometric passport, and on the spot you look for the date of the interviews. But in no case do you enter the US list as a refugee. Don't enter as an immigrant. It is unlikely that in the USA these lists will be especially so loyally accepted and allowed in. Here's a visa, enroll in Europe and get a better chance than just waiting for those US listings. Trust experience.
So, for one reason or another, you decided to use the U4U program and move to the USA
Step-by-step instruction:
1. Life before the USA Look for a sponsor from the USA The sponsor submits the i134 form, where he indicates your data as a beneficiary of the Sponsor is considered, approve. You will be sent a notification asking you to confirm your desire to participate in the U4U program and the details of your documents submitted by the sponsor. Add your whole family to one Travel Group. If there are errors in the data, correct, if not, confirm. You are considered, approved.
You are sent a TA (travel authorization), which you can use instead of a visa to enter the US. You buy a plane ticket. If you have minor children, make a translation of the birth certificate into English (you will need it later).
Print out the TA, the USCIS Airline Guide, and grab your biometric passport. Be sure to save your Alien number! It is listed in TA. And you will need it when filling out documents. Get on a plane, fly to the USA.
2. Living in the USA At the US airport, you are stamped in your passport with a "humanitarian password for two years". Take biometrics. The officer will ask for the address and number of your sponsor, write them to the TA and take this printout for himself. Upon arrival, you have 90 days to take the IGRA blood test (tuberculosis test). You receive test results confirming that you do not have tuberculosis in your USCIS account.
Go to your USCIS personal account (where you downloaded your TA from) and for all Travel Group members, check the box next to "I passed the IGRA test and I have the results of my tests on hand." Apply for a work permit. Mail an envelope with the completed i765 form to the immigration office for each family member. Add two photographs of each to the envelope, photocopies of passports, including a page with a stamp about the humanitarian password.
And i94 form. Also a check for $410 per person. If it is not possible to pay the immigration fee, then instead of a check, add form i912 to the envelope. She needs one per family. (Important! If you chose form i912, it would be better to apply for benefits first (see below), and then for i765) If you managed to arrive before September 30, 2023, then you are eligible for benefits. Cash aid, food stamps, Medicaid, English courses, employment assistance.
If you need any of these, please contact the Human resource agency or Welfare center at the place of residence (department of children and family). Bring a photocopy of your passport (including the humanitarian password stamp page), an i94 form, and TA for example to provide your Alien number.
Also a letter from a sponsor or friend with whom you live, where he indicates that he provides you with housing, a room for a certain number of people and how much he takes money from you for this (if he takes it). If you rent an apartment, bring the lease agreement. If you have children, bring translated into English. lang. birth certificate.
With a sponsor, you eat separately and buy food yourself. Also, your sponsor is not a sponsor, but a supporter. This is how you should answer if there are any questions about it. And immediately ask them to give you a letter stating that you need an SSN (social security number). (Important! The letter must be on official letterhead with the original signature of the person who will issue it to you. Also with your name and date of birth.)
Go with this letter to the Social security administration and they will give you an SSN (without the right to work). If you have children, say you want to send them to kindergarten / school and ask for the same SSN (without work permit) for them. If you are refused, culturally ask to call the Supervisor.
If you don't know English, bring someone who speaks the language fluently! You return to the Human resource agency or Welfare center and add your SSN to the package of documents for benefits. Also go to the bank and open an account. You will also need an SSN there.
Should we be afraid of benefits in the US and will it affect legalization?
The USCIS website has information about changes to Form I-485 (Green Card Application). We are talking about the Public Charge rule, where: people who can qualify as a burden on society will not receive a Green Card. The changes came into effect on December 23, 2022.
What does it all mean?
The Public Charge rule is returning to its pre-Trump form.
Public charge rule is not a criterion: free medicaid health insurance, food stamps.
But receiving TANF cash benefits may indicate that a person will potentially become a burden on the state.
Important. The Public Charge rule does not apply to asylum seekers. They can receive any assistance from the state, including monetary.
In the list of exclusions:
refugees refugees
asylees asylum seekers
aliens with TPS
So don't panic: for the vast majority, these changes will not apply, as they did before.
It will be possible to use social benefits, receive food stamps and other assistance. This will not affect in any way when obtaining a Green Card, citizenship or in court.
However, for Ukrainians who came under the U4U program, the innovation can be used if they make an adjustment of status. There are nuances here. But free health insurance and food assistance is still at your disposal.
Today, US President Joe Biden released the news that the program will begin on April 25, 2022.UNITED FOR UKRAINE. Conditions of participation:
You must be a citizen of Ukraine and live on its territory until February 11, 2022.
The second point is to find a sponsor in the United States who will be ready to take on all the financial obligations associated with your emigration.
The third point is full vaccination.
And, the fourth is the passage of strict biometric and biographical streaming.
That is, checks. After you go through all the steps, your case will be considered individually with a decision to issue you a password for up to two years.
So what does the American embassy do?
When filling out a US visa application form, you need to provide links to your social networks. If your social network is not on the list, then you are given a separate additional window: indicate there so that the embassy has the opportunity to enter, look, and make a psychological portrait of you.
Who are you, how do you live, who do you meet, what are your political views. And what do you think about America in general.
Or maybe you are applying for a tourist visa, but you yourself dreamed all your life, copied a million reposts: what a good life there, how cool everything is there, and how do you want to go there? This will show your migratory intentions.
Friends, so keep an eye on your social networks so as not to be denied visas.