K1 Visa and health insurance

[81jbduke 0]

My spouse has been here on a k1 visa since July 2016 we married in august and filed the adjustment of status and work permit a few months ago, I wanted to get him on my health insurance which I have through my employer, however when they tied to do it they needed to enter an SS number which we didn't get for him, we didn't realize we had a time limit to be able to process that when he first arrived, however some things I’ve read online suggest it may be possible for me to still add him but I'm trying to find out for sure before approaching my human resource person as I'm sure they will not be sure of it,  does anyone know if its legally possible to get my spouse on my health insurance in this sort of circumstance?

[f f 725]

15 minutes ago, 81jbduke said:

I have through my employer, however when they tied to do it they needed to enter an SS number which we didn't get for him

the ssn is not required for health insurance, and it is on you to know the rules unless they want to be nice and retroactively add him.

 

you have so far had 3 opportunities to add him and you chose not to.

1 when he arrived in the us, it is a change of residence which qualfies.

2 when you two married.

3 during open enrollment.

with out moving or changing jobs there really is no way to add him till he gets the greencard or the next open enrollment. a fault caused by hr preventing you from enrolling does not give you another try. I'm sorry.

 

good luck

[NYCruiser 423]

I would go to the SS Office immediately and file for an SS# Better yet, fill out the form online at ssa.gov. The number comes within a week. With your HR policy I am not sure. Explain to them about your situation. Bear in mind the SS Number comes endorsed with a notation, Not Valid without DHS Approval. Did you apply for AOS together with a EAD/AP? 

 

You will need those or at least a NOA1 for the AOS

[Pennycat 880]

8 minutes ago, f f said:

the ssn is not required for health insurance, and it is on you to know the rules unless they want to be nice and retroactively add him.

 

you have so far had 3 opportunities to add him and you chose not to.

1 when he arrived in the us, it is a change of residence which qualfies.

2 when you two married.

3 during open enrollment.

with out moving or changing jobs there really is no way to add him till he gets the greencard or the next open enrollment. a fault caused by hr preventing you from enrolling does not give you another try. I'm sorry.

 

good luck

#1 likely wouldn't have worked for them because they were engaged, not married when he moved.

But I agree, yes that HR should have been able to add him without an SSN. There is a box for it, but it's not required.

 

 

OP: Talk to your HR people and see if there's anything that can be done, but know that it's not likely. You may want to investigate buying him an individual plan for this year, or until your next open season.

[heyguy 12]

You don't need his SSN to add him to your health insurance (although your health insurance provider will ask you for it for tax purposes at some point). His birth date is usually enough to set him up. You typically have only 30 days from the date of a life event (i.e. getting married would have been your life event). Otherwise you have to wait until open enrollment. So you can still add him. You just have to find out when your open enrollment is from your employer.

[Boiler 43,434]

First thing you get on a K1 is  a SSN.

 

Health Insurance does not require a SSN.

[Ontarkie 13,916]

~~Moved to Moving Here and Your New Life, from K1 P&P - As this is no longer a K1 processing question. 

[f f 725]

for number 1 you would of bought it in the marketplace to cover you till the wedding, then cancel it after he is added to employers plan.

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

be prepared for extortion from your company, mine made me pay from date of marriage to current to cover her and kid, $800 for insurance we did not have

[f f 725]

1 minute ago, Randyandyuni said:

be prepared for extortion from your company, mine made me pay from date of marriage to current to cover her and kid, $800 for insurance we did not have

if you did have treatments done during that time it would have been covered since they retroactively covered you

[81jbduke 0]

Thank you to everyone who responded.  My apologies if I posted in the wrong section.  I contacted the HR person in my company and they are looking into it.  The one thing I do have going for me is I work at a human resources company and its operated by good people and I know they will help me out if they can but I also know my case is the first time they had to process a spouse of an employee who is not a citizen without an SS number.  From my understanding once he gets his work permit which should been soon (its been about 90 days since we filed for it) he can apply for an SS number but I don't want to wait to get him insured if I can help it.