************************************************************** IFCSS Headquarters News Release No. 5053 Sept 14 , 1993 ************************************************************** Independent Federation of Chinese Students and Scholars (IFCSS) 733 15th Street, N.W., Suite 440, Washington, D.C.20005 Tel. (202)347-0017 Fax: (202)347-0018 Email: ifcss@wam.umd.edu ============================================================= PR-Holding Students Eligible for IFCSS Medical Insurance Plan ============================================================= Considering that many students would soon enter PR status and thus no longer be eligible for IFCSS Medical Insurance Plan (student plan), IFCSS HQ negotiated with IGS to expand the scope of eligibility. Today, we received a memo from IGS informing us that LLoyd's at London, the underwriters, has agreed to include PR- holding students. The memo is as follows: To: Company: IFCSS Attention: Heping Shi From: John Pascoe Date: Sept. 14, 1993 Hi Heping: The Underwriters at LLoyd's contacted us late last night to give APPROVAL to allowing students with Permanent Resident Status into the IFCSS student medical plan. In order to be eligible, each person must meet the criteria currently in place "All Chinese students, scholars and their accompanying eligible dependents from Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong: who are associated with IFCSS; who have valid F-1, J-1 or PR Visa status; who are actively engaged in education or educational research activities in the United States. Actively engaged means a person who is enrolled AND attending classes in a college, university or community college for six or more credit hours. Graduate students must have three or more credit hours. Students involved in practical training are also eligible." We reserve the right to request verification of eligibility of students with PR status. For those non-US citizens from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong that are not students, please offer the Ambassador plan. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you. ********************************************************************* * IFCSS Headquarters Office * *-------------------------------------------------------------------* * President: Lin Changsheng Vice President: Shi Heping * *-------------------------------------------------------------------* *********************************************************************