open enrollment

[kaus&Sanu 0]

Hi everyone. It is now our open enrollment for next year's medical/dental/vision insurance. My husband is planning on being here sometime in February. Should I enroll him now and just pay for January although he will not be living here? I can't do a change in status because we will have been married for almost a year. As it stands my HR department told me we could buy an individual policy for a month then drop it, and I can enroll him that way. We will check into seeing if he can work for the same company I do now (that is how we met, so he has experience already). But as you know, in life, there are no guarantees.

What are your thoughts? What did you guys do for your spouses?

Hey kaushalia, it was open enrollment for my company too... I went ahead and enrolled her since I'm hoping on her being here... I also thought it would hold some more weight at the interview... But, the main reason was is because she won't be able to get enrolled until next open enrollemnt, I did'nt think of the individual policy idea.

how did you enroll her without a legal document proving residency, aka GC;

and how did you enroll her when she's overseas?

I did'nt need an SSN or anything, I just called and stated I wanted to enroll my wife, she's in India, and I'm expecting her to be here soon... They said sure and added her to my employee profile. I logged in and selected my daughter and my wife, and selected my health plan for next year with all the other benefit enrollments...

[brnidokiegurl 0]

i waited and he didnt have socical yet so they just typed refused and we gave them when he received it, no need to spend that extra money until he is here