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Adding on to this question, since we are filling out the paperwork. Does this count as government support in terms of the affidavit of support (i-864)?

7 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

Your spouse would have be eligible in one of the following categories after filing her I-485:

Immigration status and Pennie – pennie help

 

People with the following immigration statuses qualify for Pennie coverage.

Get details about what document numbers and other information you’ll need to fill out a Pennie application.

Immigrants with the following statuses qualify for health coverage through Pennie:

• 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 (CAT)
• 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
• Member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or American Indian Born in Canada
• Resident of American Samoa

Applicants for any of these statuses qualify to apply for coverage through Pennie:

• Temporary Protected Status with Employment Authorization
• Special Immigrant Juvenile Status
• Victim of Trafficking Visa
• Adjustment to LPR Status
• 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)

Applicants for asylum are eligible for coverage through Pennie 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.

People with the following statuses and who have employment authorization qualify for health coverage through Pennie:

• Registry Applicants
• Order of Supervision
• Applicant for Cancellation of Removal or Suspension of Deportation
• Applicant for Legalization under Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA)
• Legalization under the LIFE Act

Remember: Pennie will only collect information about immigration status for the explicit purpose of  determining eligibility for health coverage, and not for any other purpose.

 

Thank you thank you!!! I was searching for this page and could not find it. I super appreciate it!!

Hello! My now wife and I just got married this weekend. We are planning on adjusting status from her tourist visa. I want to get her onto a health insurance plan ASAP, but my workplace has it out to be SO expensive. I see that in my State (PA), with my income, I qualify for insurance HALF the price of my workplace. Am I able to use this insurance, or does that count as not being able to financially support petitioning for her? For reference, I am looking to apply through "Pennie" in PA. (https://pennsylvaniahealthcoverage.org/) 

Thank you all for the advice so far, and thanks for the information on the I-130 process for me to study. I appreciate you all. I will do my due diligence to make sure everything is as smooth as possible! 

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

No, they won't raise an eyebrow. Many people never change their names in marriage.

 

They will raise eye brow if you don't file taxes jointly, don't comingle finances (joint account), don't include both names on lease / mortgage etc, live separately etc etc. Those are important after marriage, not the name change.

Ok this is great to know!! Can my fiancee be added to my lease even while we are adjusting her status? And get added to my bank account even while adjusting status? 

1 minute ago, OldUser said:

Name change occurs AFTER marriage, based on marriage certificate. 

Ah yes, we do know that! Sorry I did not make that clear, but we are looking to have everything planned ahead of time. I just want to know if it is okay if we don't change our names, will immigration raise an eyebrow at all when I petition for her adjustment of status?

Hello! 

My fiancée and I are planning on getting married soon. She arrived here in late December, and recently we decided we don't want her going back to Mexico and doing long distance again after over 4 years of it. My question is, before we start the marriage and filing process and all, does one of us need to take the others last name to hold a good case? We both want to keep our last names, but we fear immigration will decline our application thinking we are just getting married for her to immigrate rather than us actually wanting to get married for love. Any advice is useful, and thanks in advanced!!