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Old 12-20-2012, 12:57 AM
 
Location: Ontario
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I am American living in Canada waiting for PR status. I am still on a health insurance in the U.S. My question is can I put my Canadian husband on my insurance plan if he already has government health insurance? I am thinking if we go to the U.S. and he is sick or something then we don't have to pay out of pocket.
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Old 12-20-2012, 04:51 AM
 
Location: Rogers, Arkansas
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With most US health insurance, you have to be resident to avail of it. It doesn't sound like you are anymore, and certainly your husband is not.
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Old 12-20-2012, 05:36 AM
 
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With most US health insurance, you have to be resident to avail of it. It doesn't sound like you are anymore, and certainly your husband is not.
My SO has a green card, and we travel to the US once or twice a year. I am a US citizen (and technically a legal resident). I am on HER US health insurance, so I will refute your statement.
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Old 12-20-2012, 05:59 AM
 
Location: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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My SO has a green card, and we travel to the US once or twice a year. I am a US citizen (and technically a legal resident). I am on HER US health insurance, so I will refute your statement.
Your SO is a US permanent resident alien, ergo Penguin's statement is absolutely correct. If you're living overseas and travel to the US only a couple of times a year, your SO is technically violating the terms of her status and should be aware that these trips may eventually raise a red flag and result in her losing her green card ...
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Old 12-20-2012, 06:24 AM
 
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Your SO is a US permanent resident alien, ergo Penguin's statement is absolutely correct. If you're living overseas and travel to the US only a couple of times a year, your SO is technically violating the terms of her status and should be aware that these trips may eventually raise a red flag and result in her losing her green card ...
Her US citizenship should be completed this year. She owns a house in the US, and that is her legal domicile. At some point she will move back to the US. I used to spend months at a time outside the US on business, yet my legal residence was in the US.
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Old 12-20-2012, 07:26 AM
 
Location: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
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Her US citizenship should be completed this year. She owns a house in the US, and that is her legal domicile. At some point she will move back to the US. I used to spend months at a time outside the US on business, yet my legal residence was in the US.
That's good - just wanted to point out that USCIS gets picky about that sort of thing. Your status as a US citizen doesn't of course prohibit you from either living outside the US or coming or going as you please.
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Old 12-20-2012, 07:27 AM
 
Location: Woodfield
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You need to talk to your insurance company. Regardless of what people on here say only your insurance carrier can answer this question correctly and you'd be better off finding out the bad news now, if that's the case, rather than after a $300,000 intensive care unit stay.

As for your immigration issues, if you haven't already checked with your immigration lawyer how your trips might affect your status it might be worth a call.

In either case, ignorance is not bliss!
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