Applying for health insurance during AOS process.

[darin&josh 18]

If you are applying for marketplace insurance (and they are willing to accept your application at this point) then you are eligible for health insurance if you are in the process of adjusting your status to lawful permanent resident. However, a lot of people in your situation are being denied initially because staff are poorly informed and the system they use gives them limited options. You have to apply and then when it's not accepted you have to request that the decision be appealed. Most people will find that once they appeal and submit evidence of their lawful presence status then their eligibility is accepted and the application for health insurance is approved.

Someone else was recently in this situation and was able to get insurance: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/486326-eligible-for-obamacare-at-reduced-cost-or-not/

The evidence you need to supply can be found in this site (depending on what you have available): https://www.healthcare.gov/help/citizenship-and-immigration-status-questions/

Edited April 12, 2014 by darin&josh