Adding spouse on medical insurance. K1visa

[MarksMate 227]

When can you add your spouse onto your medical insurance? Do they need to have AOS and resident status first or can this be done as soon as you're married? 

 

Thanks 

[RJandHamid 1,133]

I was able to add my husband to my health insurance soon after we got married. I only needed to provide our marriage certificate and his social security number (which he applied for a few days after POE). 

[bbf3562 27]

Yes you can. I added my wife under my insurance after we married. My insurance company only request me to provide copy of marriage certificate and social security number.

[MarksMate 227]

1 minute ago, bbf3562 said:

Yes you can. I added my wife under my insurance after we married. My insurance company only request me to provide copy of marriage certificate and social security number.

But how do you get a SSN without a ead? 

[bbf3562 27]

9 minutes ago, MarksMate said:

But how do you get a SSN without a ead? 

You do not need EAD to have SSN. You can apply for SSN after you arrive US as K1 visa holder. You will need to get i-94 number from online and bring to SSN office. It take about 2 weeks for my wife i-94 number to show up in database(SSN office require i-94 number). After that, she went to SSN office to apply for SSN and it take about 2 weeks for her to get SSN card by mail. So it take about 4 weeks total.