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UIB - Unemployment Insurance Benefit.

U.S. (United States) - defined in a geographical sense as the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands.

USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services) - the U.S. agency responsible for admitting and assigning residence status to people entering the U.S. from other countries.

Unavailable - income and resources

A. Money from a lump sum incapable of being used for day-to-day needs of the household because it was spent or lost as the result of a disaster which was beyond the family's control; or

B. A jointly owned resource the second party refuses to sell and each owner does not have the legal right to sell his/her share; or

C. The resource is inaccessible because a legal barrier or restriction exists; or

D. Income inaccessible to the client because s/he does not have a legal interest in or is tied up in divorce or other legal action.

Uncompensated Value - see Value.

Undocumented Non-Citizen - a foreign national who:

A. Entered the U.S. without appropriate documentation; or

B. After entering legally as a documented non-citizen, remains in the U.S. after documents expired or were revoked.

Undue hardship - when an individual would be forced to go without life sustaining services altogether or as otherwise determined on the basis of criteria.

Unearned Income - see Income.

Unpaid principal - the balance to be paid on an agreement to buy or sell.