Ultimate Midi Files Collection Ultimate Midi Files CollectionI went to the Social Security office. They checked his records and he DID have the 10 years of work in this country so I was able to keep my SSI.($494./month) 
1997-In April 1997, I received a letter from Social Security stating that as of June 1997, if I didn't have 10 years of work in the United States, that I would lose my SSI or be deported unless I applied for my US Citizenship or if my late husband had the 10 years of work.
1997-I had been receiving Medicaid and $126./month food stamps. In May, I was sent an appointment to review my case at the County Welfare Department. I was told that the Welfare had a different rule than the Social Security office and that I had to have my own 10 years of work here, so I was taken off the food stamps etc. That left me no choice but to apply for US Citizenship. I couldn't live on $494./month and pay for my food too. I went to Social Services and was sent to a County Pantry.(A place where poor people was given a couple bags of groceries.) From June "97 through March "98 I lived on "pantry" food or Macaroni and cheese. I gained weight instead of losing. But I survived.
March 1998-I was sworn in as a United States Citizen on March 27, 1998. As soon as I got my papers, I went to reapply for my Food Stamps and Medicaid. Of course I was approved. Life became a bit easier to deal with.
