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Originally Posted by Dres2011 I'm eligible from my employer to file for unemployment, but my concern is being a public charge and whether we can get unemployment from the state of Florida.

Unemployment benefits are not means-tested public benefits and should not negatively affect a noncitizen's immigration status or result in a public charge bar to residency or other nonimmigrant status in the future. ... Notably absent from this list are state-funded programs and unemployment insurance.