Be sure to discuss it with your sponsor. We sponsored a relative who got pregnant once here. We told them that if they had any financial issues paying for the birth, to let us know and not use any government help. (We would have helped them.) They went behind our backs and took government help. We have now been billed for that ( which is more than if we would have prepaid for birth) AND are ineligible to sponsor anyone else. Sponsors say they will be financially responsible for 10 years. Out of respect for the sponsor that made it possible for you to come, please contact them.
I think I may have heard that the sponsors of immigrants were responsible for providing financial support to those they sponser. If you have worked 10 years in the US & paid taxes I believe you can get Medicare and the poster above discussed Medicaid requirements but I don't think routinely that non citizens with no work history of paying into the system can be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. I could be wrong though. I would ask an immigration attorney. Your sponsors are not providing support for you? How have you survived financially here in the US? Again, I thought that is where your sponser came in. With the US budget deficit if you haven't paid into our system it's not likely you will get either. Are you allowed to work in the US? Have a social security card? I am thinking you need a social security card as well.
I am wondering what these "caregiver" benefits are you refer to? As near as I know, the only such benefit is possibly some small amount weekly to pay a couple hours of inhome care. That is, if you qualify for Medicaid. Medicaid is not available to immigrants until they have lived here 5 years.
Family caregivers are not usually paid at all. Sometimes the person has enough savings to pay the family some salary for caregiving, but it is usual. There are a few charities that will provide a couple hours a week of a volunteer...but I know of no "caregiver benefits" available to anyone in this country except what the family can provide itself.
If you have worked 10 years in the US & paid taxes I believe you can get Medicare and the poster above discussed Medicaid requirements but I don't think routinely that non citizens with no work history of paying into the system can be eligible for Medicare or Medicaid.
I could be wrong though.
I would ask an immigration attorney.
Your sponsors are not providing support for you?
How have you survived financially here in the US? Again, I thought that is where your sponser came in.
With the US budget deficit if you haven't paid into our system it's not likely you will get either.
Are you allowed to work in the US? Have a social security card?
I am thinking you need a social security card as well.
As near as I know, the only such benefit is possibly some small amount weekly to pay a couple hours of inhome care. That is, if you qualify for Medicaid. Medicaid is not available to immigrants until they have lived here 5 years.
Family caregivers are not usually paid at all. Sometimes the person has enough savings to pay the family some salary for caregiving, but it is usual. There are a few charities that will provide a couple hours a week of a volunteer...but I know of no "caregiver benefits" available to anyone in this country except what the family can provide itself.
What kind of caregiving does dad require? High blood pressure and cholesterol are hardly disabling conditions, in and of themselves.