| Medicaid Coverage for Qualified Aliens |
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| Medicaid, a federal and state funded program of health care coverage, provides important benefits to low-income and disabled Americans. Some immigrants, aliens who travel to the United States permanently to live and work, are also eligible for Medicaid coverage. To be eligible, an immigrant must meet the definition of a qualified alien. Additionally, a five-year bar on immigrant benefits applies to many qualified aliens, so this period must expire before immigrants subject to the bar may receive benefits.
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Border Control/Admission - CIS Ombudsman -Consumer Recommendations and Case Problems |
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| The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Ombudsman is dedicated to improving problems in the immigration benefits process. As parts of this task, he both takes complaints and recommendations regarding systemic problems and forwards specific problems with individual immigration cases to the USCIS for further action. More... |
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Alien Employment - Employment Verification - Who Is Authorized to Accept Employment? |
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| Generally speaking, three classes of aliens are eligible to accept employment in the United States. While most aliens must have a document showing their eligibility to work in the U.S. (known as an employment authorization document or "EAD"), some do not. This article outlines the circumstances in which EADs are required. More... |
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| Nonimmigrants - Commercial Truck Drivers |
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| Alien travelers wishing to enter the United States on a temporary basis must obtain visas, which entitle them to present themselves at an U.S. port-of-entry and to request admission to the country. If they are transporting cargo in the stream of international commerce, commercial truck drivers may be eligible for a travel visa for a business traveler, known as a B-1 visa.
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| Controlling Alien Admission - Introduction - Alien Employment - Employment Verification - Coverage |
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| United States law prohibits employers from knowingly hiring or employing aliens who lack proper work authorization. Employers must take certain steps, defined by law, to verify the work authorization status of aliens they wish to employ. However, the coverage of this law is such that it does not apply to all aliens. There are several exceptions. More... |
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