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Old Mar 18th 2018, 1:23 am
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Originally Posted by Kapan
No he doesn't as he is self employed and infact his own cover ran out. He is looking for a new one
Okay then perhaps look on the marketplace for both of you. If you get a job with health insurance benefits when your EAD comes then you both can likely switch.
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Old Mar 19th 2018, 5:54 pm
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Thanks, I have come to know that there is a penalty for not having health insurance, In my case whilst i am waiting for my EAD, do i still have to pay a penalty?
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Old Mar 19th 2018, 6:13 pm
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Sorry for hijacking the thread, but I was told recently by a healthcare Insurance broker, that if you are on a non resident visa (E2 for example) the ACA requirements do not apply to you and therefore you are not restricted to certain policies.

Anyone know if this is true, or if the guy is peddling me a tissue of lies
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Old Mar 19th 2018, 6:16 pm
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I go with the tissue, immigration residence and OCare residence are not the same.

And you do not need an EAD to buy Insurance. Once you have filed to adjust you are good to go.
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Old Mar 19th 2018, 8:20 pm
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The issue is that my local SSN office will not issue me with an SSN unless I have an EAD, and I am not aware of any insurance provider who doesn't ask for a SSN. All of the ones I have gone through ask for SSN
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Old Mar 20th 2018, 12:19 am
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SSN is the first thing you get as a K1.

I am not aware of any Insurance Provider that requires a SSN.
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Old Mar 20th 2018, 12:33 am
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Originally Posted by Boiler
SSN is the first thing you get as a K1.

I am not aware of any Insurance Provider that requires a SSN.
Yep, i-94 and passport is all I needed when I had K-1.
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Old Mar 20th 2018, 7:08 pm
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So my local SSN office strictly states that they can not issue SSN unless I have EAD
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Old Mar 20th 2018, 8:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Kapan
So my local SSN office strictly states that they can not issue SSN unless I have EAD
Really...? Did you provide paperwork from their own website proving otherwise?

I literally had a bank account and a half-full bottle of Gatorade when I went in to get my SSN. We hadn't even got married yet.
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Think it was 4 or 5 months before I received my EAD.
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Originally Posted by Boiler
Think it was 4 or 5 months before I received my EAD.
Yeah it was about 4/5 months for me too.

I didn't even wait the rumored ten days before applying for my SSN. Fairly certain I'd only been in the US about three days.
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Old Mar 20th 2018, 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Kapan
So my local SSN office strictly states that they can not issue SSN unless I have EAD
Go to another office.
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Old Mar 20th 2018, 10:54 pm
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A K-1 entrant can get a SSN only within the first 76 days in the USA. If it goes beyond that time, an EAD is required. I believe this is Kapan's situation.

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Old Mar 21st 2018, 1:32 am
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Not what Kapan said, but assuming that is the case then still not an issue.
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Old Apr 2nd 2018, 4:05 pm
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Noorah is right!
I made a mistake of not going there within the 90 day period in which my K1 was valid. Now that its expired they will not issue me with a SSN unless i present an EAD.
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