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You can apply for health insurance if you are lawfully present in the U.S. Get Covered Illinois uses your information only to check if you can get coverage and financial help. Your information won't be used for immigration enforcement purposes.
Applying for coverage: What to know about immigration status
When applying for or renewing health insurance through Get Covered Illinois, it's important to provide current information about your immigration status. Federal changes for 2027 may affect your eligibility for financial help, even if you previously qualified.
- Log in or create an account. Start a new application or review your existing information.
- Review and select your eligible immigration status. The application will ask if you are a U.S. citizen, U.S. national or have an eligible immigration status.
Some questions and options have changed for 2027. Carefully review the choices and select the status that reflects your current situation. Your answers may affect your eligibility for coverage and financial help.
- Enter your information carefully and have supporting documents ready. Make sure you enter your name, document numbers and other information, and that they match your official documents to help Get Covered Illinois check your status.
- Watch for updates about your application. We will let you know what’s next. If we can’t confirm your status, we’ll let you know and ask for more information.
Are you applying for your family?
You can apply for health insurance for the family members who qualify, even if you don’t qualify yourself. Each person’s status is looked at separately. Eligible family members may also qualify for premium tax credits.
Immigration statuses on the application
After you’ve created an account and started your application, you will be asked to select your eligible immigration status. Any of these statuses qualify to enroll in coverage through Get Covered Illinois:
Immigration statuses qualified to enroll in health coverage
- Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security
- Asylee
- Battered Spouse, Child and Parent
- Conditional Entrant Granted before 1980
- Cuban/Haitian Entrant
- Deferred Action Status (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients are not eligible for marketplace coverage)
- Deferred Enforced Departure (DED)
- Granted Withholding of Deportation or Withholding of Removal, under the immigration laws or immigration status for applying for health insurance)
- Individual with Non-immigrant Status (includes worker visas, student visas, and citizens of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau)
- Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder)
- Lawful Temporary Resident
- Member of a federally-recognized Indian tribe or American Indian born in Canada
- Paroled into the U.S.
- Refugee
- Resident of American Samoa
- Temporary Protected Status (TPS) under the Convention against Torture (CAT)
- Victim of Trafficking and their Spouse, Child, Sibling or Parent
Note: Applicants for asylum are eligible for Get Covered Illinois coverage 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.
Immigration statuses eligible for financial help
Get Covered Illinois is here to help you find affordable health coverage. Despite federal changes for 2027, people with the following immigration statuses may still qualify for financial help to lower their monthly costs.
- Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR/Green Card holder)
- Cuban/Haitian Entrant
- Citizens of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau who are living in one of the U.S. states or territories
Documents we accept to confirm your status
When you apply as either lawfully present or as an eligible noncitizen, we may ask you to send one document that shows your status. Any of the documents below will work. If you don’t see your document, call the customer assistance center at 1-866-311-1119 (TTY: 711) for help.
List of accepted documents
- Permanent Resident Card (I-551, also known as Green Card)
- Temporary I-551 Stamp (on passport or I-94, I-94A)
- Immigrant Visa (with temporary I-551 language)
- Employment Authorization Card (EAD or I-766)
- Arrival/Departure Record (I-94 or I-94A)
- Arrival/Departure Record in foreign passport (I-94)
- Foreign passport
- Country of issuance Reentry Permit (I-327)
- Refugee travel document (I-571)
- Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status (I-20)
- Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status (DS2019)
- Notice of Action (I-797)
- Alien registration number or an I-94 number
- Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) eligibility letter (if under 18)
- Document indicating withholding of removal
- Administrative order staying removal issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- Certification from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
- Documentation of status as a Cuban/Haitian entrant
- Documentation of status as a Resident of American Samoa
Supporting documents for U.S. citizens
You will need to submit documents to confirm your citizenship. Read the full list of supporting documents we accept to show U.S. citizenship.
How Get Covered Illinois uses your information
We collect this information only to find out if you can get health coverage or financial help and only share it if required by law. Your information won't be used for immigration enforcement purposes. If Get Covered Illinois is unable to verify your immigration status, we may ask you to provide additional information to help determine your eligibility.
Review your 2027 information
Even if your immigration status hasn't changed from last year, review your application to make sure your application is accurate. Missing information could affect your financial help.
Received a notice about your documents? Log in to your account and submit the requested information – even if your coverage was automatically renewed.
Free help is available in your language.
You can get free help in your preferred language by phone. Contact a free interpreter by calling the assistance center at 1-866-311-1119 (TTY: 711). Get help logging in, registering for an account or checking your application status.
Certified navigators and brokers can also provide free, unbiased services year-round to help you apply for coverage.
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