Immigration

immigration

Immigrants with the following statuses qualify to use the Marketplace:

• Individual with Non-immigrant Status, includes worker visas (such as H1, H-2A, H-2B), student visas, U-visa, T-visa, and other visas, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau

• Temporary Protected Status (TPS)

• Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)

• Deferred Action Status (Exception: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is not an eligible immigration status for applying for health insurance)

• Lawful Temporary Resident

• Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security

• Resident of American Samoa

• Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder)

• Asylee

• Refugee

• Cuban/Haitian Entrant

• Paroled into the U.S.

• Conditional Entrant Granted before 1980

• Battered Spouse, Child and Parent

• Victim of Trafficking and his/her Spouse, Child, Sibling or Parent

• Granted Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or under the Convention against Torture

• Member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe or American Indian Born in Canada

Applicants with any of these statuses qualify to use the Marketplace:

• Asylum* (see note below)

• Withholding of Deportation, or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or under the Convention against Torture (CAT) (see note below)

• Temporary Protected Status with Employment Authorization

• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

• Victim of Trafficking Visa

• Adjustment to LPR Status

​*Applicants with asylum are eligible for Marketplace coverage only if they’ve been granted employment authorization or are under the age of 14 and have had an application pending for at least 180 days.

Most people in the following groups are eligible for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace:

• U.S. citizens

• U.S. nationals

• Lawfully present immigrants

Immigrants without valid immigration statuses aren’t eligible to buy Marketplace health coverage, or for premium tax credits and other savings on Marketplace plans. But they may apply for coverage on behalf of documented individuals.

Immigrants with the following statuses do not qualify to use the Marketplace:

These are considered non-immigrant temporary visas.

• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) alone

• Travel or Visitor Visa (vacation)

​Eligible & Ineligible Immigration statuses

• Fearful of applying for coverage due to misinformation

• Assume they do not qualify for benefits because they do not have a social security number.

• Afraid to apply for coverage if another member in their household does not have valid immigration documents.

• Under the impression that we will charge them fees upfront to assist them or help them enroll.

• Uneasy about providing household income details.

Empathy and Understanding

Contacts For Immigration status inquiries

Call: 800-375-5283

Go to: uscis.gov

​EAD- Employment Authorization Document

Multiple Choice

A change in immigration status has a SEP window of 90 days.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

​Applicants for ___ are eligible for Marketplace coverage only if they’ve been granted employment authorization or are under the age of 14 and have had an application pending for at least 180 days.

• Citizenship

• Asylum

• Naturalization

• DACA

Multiple Select

Where can a consumer gain information on their immigration status?

• Healthcare.gov

• Immigration lawyer

• uscis.gov

• 800-375-5283

Multiple Select

Which are not valid immigration statuses?

• DACA

• K1 Visa

• Refugee

• ITIN Number

Multiple Choice

A consumer can still be transferred to a licensed agent and have an application completed even if their stated immigration status doesn't appear on the list of qualifying immigration statuses.

• False

• True