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MEDICAL SERVICES POLICY MANUAL,SECTION E E-300 Sponsor Affidavits of Support and Deeming

E 300 Sponsor Affidavits of Support and Deeming

assistance, the caseworker may request information from the USDHS by submitting Forms G- 845 and G-845 Supplement. The USDHS will certify whether an alien has a sponsor and if so, what kind of affidavit the sponsor signed. Do not deem income or resources from a sponsor that has signed the old version, I-134, Affidavit of Support, or I-361, Affidavit of Financial Support and Intent to Petition for Legal Custody, as these affidavits are not considered enforceable. Deeming instructions are shown below for individuals applying for Medicaid having an I-864, Affidavit of Support: • Count all income of the sponsor and sponsor’s spouse living in the same household as if they were income and resources of the alien. • When determining the sponsored immigrant’s deemed income and resources from the sponsor consider the same disregards to the sponsor’s income and/or resources that the sponsor would receive if they were applying. • Count the sponsor’s income as the alien’s unearned income and use it to determine the alien’s eligibility. • Do not count the sponsor’s income when determining eligibility for the alien’seligible children. • Count the household size of the alien according to MAGI or SSI rules. Deeming continues until one of the following conditions is met: • The sponsored immigrant becomes a naturalized citizen. • The sponsored immigrant achieves 40 qualifying work quarters, as defined by the Social Security Act (the Act). • The sponsored immigrant or the sponsor dies.