January 4, 2007

TO: Graduate Coordinators

The International Office is very pleased to announce that we have a new program in production beginning spring 2007,  whereby international graduate students, who have a 20 hour appointment as an AI, TA or GRA, may request their own waiver of student insurance.  These students must be UT health insurance benefits eligible.  

To request a waiver of student insurance, students can access the site at https://utdirect.utexas.edu/isss/waive_insurance.WBX.

A big thank you to all the grad coordinators who have already sent in waiver requests for their international students for spring 2007.  Those waivers should already be reflected on students' fee bills.  Only students needing waivers for new appointments or continuing appointments, not already requested by the department, should be directed to this site. Coordinators NO LONGER HAVE TO SEND WAIVER REQUEST LISTS!     International grad students are now responsible for requesting an insurance waiver each semester they are eligible due to UT employment.   

Please be aware that audits are built into the system whereby if the student's appointment is not on the system by the 11th class day for fall or spring or the 3rd class day for summer, they will be billed for student health insurance, even if they have previously requested a waiver on-line. No waiver or refund is possible after the 12th class day.  No refunds will be granted to students who failed to act before the deadline to request the waiver on-line.  

**If a timely appointment is not possible for the student (due to circumstances beyond the student’s or department’s control – for example, lack of SSN) please contact Louise Donnell in order for a manual override to be placed on the student’s record***