Health Insurance Question

[wolfyzheart 3]

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/) 

[Crazy Cat 41,984]

17 minutes ago, wolfyzheart said:

Am I able to use this insurance, or does that count as not being able to financially support petitioning for her?

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.

 

Edited May 6 by Crazy Cat

[wolfyzheart 3]

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!!

[Ontarkie 14,306]

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[wolfyzheart 3]

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)?

[powerpuff 6,744]

2 hours ago, wolfyzheart said:

Does this count as government support in terms of the affidavit of support (i-864)?

No, it doesn’t