Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 675 - ASSETS
Subchapter 3 - EVALUATION OF ASSETS
Section 17-675-15 - Special provision for financial assistance programs only - assets of sponsor of an alien

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-675-15

Current through November, 2024

(a) The assets of a sponsor of an alien and sponsor's spouse living with the sponsor shall be deemed to be the assets of the alien requesting financial assistance until such time as the alien becomes a United States citizen.

(b) The amount of a sponsor's assets deemed available to the alien shall be determined by:

(1) Establishing a value of all of the sponsor's assets according to department standards; and

(2) Exempting $1,500 from the total value of the sponsor's assets.

(c) If the amount deemed available to the alien exceeds the alien's personal reserve standard according to alien's family size, the alien shall be ineligible for financial assistance.

(d) The alien's failure to provide information and verification regarding the alien sponsor or alien sponsor's assets shall disqualify the alien from receiving financial assistance.

(e) Assets which are deemed to a sponsored alien shall not be considered in determining the need of other unsponsored members or the alien's family except to the extent the assets are actually available to the unsponsored aliens.

(f) The provisions of subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) do not apply to an alien who is:

(1) Admitted as a conditional entrant refugee to the United States as a result of the application prior to April 1, 1980, under the provisions of section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;

(2) Admitted to the United States as a result of an application after March 31, 1980 under the provisions of section 207(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;

(3) Paroled into the United States as a refugee under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;

(4) Granted political asylum by the Attorney General under section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act;

(5) A Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined in section 501 (e) of the Refugee Education Act of 1980, (Pub. L. No. 96-422);

(6) The dependent child of the sponsor or sponsor's spouse when residing in the same household as the sponsor; or

(7) A domestic violence victim as defined in section 17-675-2 and the alleged perpetrator of the violence is the alien's sponsor.

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