healthcare

[Hoffy63m 0]

Once I get married will I be able to put my wife on my plan? or do we have to wait till she gets a greencard?

[kizza 1]

Once I get married will I be able to put my wife on my plan? or do we have to wait till she gets a greencard?

I believe that only depends on your plan.

[DoneWaiting 15]

Once I get married will I be able to put my wife on my plan? or do we have to wait till she gets a greencard?

Are you talking about your health plan? If so, yes you could add your spouse to your plan, need to talk to HR so they can give you an application to add her...

[Hoffy63m 0]

Once I get married will I be able to put my wife on my plan? or do we have to wait till she gets a greencard?

Are you talking about your health plan? If so, yes you could add your spouse to your plan, need to talk to HR so they can give you an application to add her...

HR?

[raymaga 25]

In our case, I couldn't be added to my husband's health insurance until after we were married.

I think it varies by insurance company, though.

You should talk to your human resources department about it.

[Gary and Alla 3,696]

Once I get married will I be able to put my wife on my plan? or do we have to wait till she gets a greencard?

1. You do nto need to wait until she gets a green card. You DO have to wait until you get married.

2. Depends on your health plan. Usually for "change of life" events, such as marriage, she can be added right away. My wife was added the first of the month after we got married. I only had to fax a copy of the marriage certificate and the information about her and the two boys.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

You need to check with your insurance plan. Most of them allow you to change your plan only at your annual anniversary of the plan renewal or at a 'life changing' event, such as marriage. For our insurance plan we only had 30 days from our marriage in which to enroll me on my husband's plan, so be sure to check and see what your plan requires. We needed to send a copy of the marriage certificate with the request for the change. See what else she may require - for example, some plans require a Social Security Number as well. You should try and get the SSN about 10 days to 2 weeks after her arrival. Use her maiden name and then after you are married she can go back and change the name - you will already have the number which is the most important part. If you require the SSN for your insurance you don't want any delays caused by name changes or the name not matching the immigration record.

Edited October 29, 2009 by Kathryn41