---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 212.20"
title: "8"
number: "212.20"
heading: "Applicability of public charge inadmissibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/212.20"
---

# §212.20. Applicability of public charge inadmissibility.


[8 CFR 212.20 through 212.23](/cfr/8/212.20..212.23.md) address the public charge ground of inadmissibility under [section 212(a)(4)](/cfr/8/212.md?p=a-4) of the Act. Unless the alien requesting the immigration benefit or classification has been exempted from section 212(a)(4) of the Act as listed in [§ 212.23(a)](/cfr/8/212.23.md?p=a), the provisions of [§§ 212.20 through 212.23](/cfr/8/212.20..212.23.md) of this part apply to an applicant for admission or adjustment of status to that of a lawful permanent resident.


## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 55636, Sept. 9, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 111, 202(4) and 271; 8 U.S.C. 1101 and note, 1102, 1103, 1182 and note, 1184, 1187, 1223, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1255, 1359; section 7209 of Pub. L. 108-458 (8 U.S.C. 1185 note); Title VII of Pub. L. 110-229 (8 U.S.C. 1185 note); Pub. L. 115-218; 8 CFR part 2. Section 212.1(q) and (r) also issued under section 702, Pub. L. 110-229, 122 Stat. 754, 854.

### Source

Source: 17 FR 11484, Dec. 19, 1952, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 55636, Sept. 9, 2022]