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If a refugee has adjusted to LPR status and then leaves the country for more than 180 days, is he or she at risk of being found to be a public charge and denied reentry?

April 26, 2017Adjusted country days leaves LPR public refugee risk Status

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If a refugee has adjusted to LPR status and then leaves the country for more than 180 days, is he or she at risk of being found to be a public charge and denied reentry?

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As noted above, refugees are exempt from public charge determinations for their admission and adjustment to LPR status. Being a public charge has never been a problem for refugees who travel and return to the U.S., and nothing in the welfare reform law or immigration reform law has changed this.