A. The last guideline goes into impact on Oct. 15, 2019, and certainly will simply be put on applications and petitions postmarked (or, if relevant, presented electronically) on or after Oct. 15, 2019. Applications and petitions postmarked (or, if relevant, presented electronically) before Oct. 15, 2019, are going to be adjudicated underneath the policy that is prior the 1999 Interim Field Guidance. In addition, no matter whether the application or petition ended up being filed prior to, on, or following the effective date, DHS will perhaps not consider receipt of general general public advantages excluded from consideration beneath the 1999 Interim Field Guidance (for instance, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP and Medicaid) unless such benefits are gotten on or after Oct. 15, 2019. [Read more...]