How do you purchase health insurance for visitors who are flying in to the US from a country that is not their home country?
- The home country will not sell insurance because the person has already left the country
- The current country of residence will not sell insurance because the person has joined a job recently there, and has been present for less than 6 months
- The insurance companies in the US also request on their forms the dates of travel to-and-fro from the home country, and do not have the option of flying in from a different nation.
There is a plan that has no time limit for establishing residency. With this plan, the home country is defined as wherever a person is living at the time. So for example, a Brazillian is living in Germany and wants to go the USA, this plan would be able to accomodate them anyplace they were to travel besides Germany. Check out www.WorldWideMedical.com and look at the Liaison plan. It is guranteed issue, and you can apply online and print out your id cards instantly. Or call 800.647.4589 and an agent will be able to explain this much better than I am sure I can!