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  • Full Policy Booklet
  • All Graduate Assistants are enrolled in the Graduate Student Health Insurance policy, which is a no opt-out policy.  In the case that a student has insurance already, the Graduate Health Insurance will act as a secondary policy.
  • The AY22-23 Graduate Student Health Insurance Policy will now offer Voluntary Vision, Dental, and Hearing plans.  These plans are available to all students that are enrolled for graduate student health insurance and will be the financial responsibility of each student that chooses to enroll.  Students interested in the vision, dental, and/or hearing option/s must work directly with UHCSR to enroll.
    • Flyers for Vision, Dental, and Hearing Plans

• Visit www.uhcsr.com/MyAccount and log in or create your MyAccount.
• Once logged in, use the left navigation bar to navigate to the Tax Information, My Personal Information, and Email Preferences areas to enter and/or confirm the following information: Name; SSN or ITIN; Date of Birth; Mailing Address; Email Address.
  
  
• Under Tax Information, you can select electronic or paper delivery of your 1095B.
  
  
• UHCSR contact information: 844-206-0374. Please note that customer service representatives will not be able to collect your Social Security Number over the phone.

Dependents must be enrolled prior to the established cut-off dates posted below:

• Fall Term: November 1
• Spring Term: March 1
• Summer Term: June 15

Once the primary enrollment information has been submitted (student information), dependents may be enrolled online using the provided step-by-step instruction guide. 

In the case of a Qualifying Life Event, students will have 30 days from the event date  to enroll new dependents. Should you have further questions about enrolling dependents, please contact UHCSR directly. 

As of 1/26/2022, the national public health emergency date has been extended to April 15, 2022. 

COVID-19 information as it pertains to your graduate student health insurance policy can be found on the UHCSR COVID-19 Updates page.  

• COVID-19 Home Test Member Reimbursement (1/25/2022)

• Students receiving a tuition waiver of up to 5 credits may be expected to work 10-14 hours per week, while students receiving a waiver for 6-10 credits may be expected to work 15 to 20 hours per week.
  
  
• Domestic students working more than 20 hours per week during the school year (fall and spring semester) must request an exception to workload.
  
  
• An exception to workload waives the Board of Regents policy (link to policy) that prohibits students from working in excess of 20 hours per week or 40 hours per pay period.
  
  
• Students working in excess of 20 hours per week or 40 hours per pay period move from non-taxable to taxable pay status.

Please note:  The rates listed are the minimum rates that apply to all Graduate Assistantships (including Teaching Assistants (TAs), Research Assistants (RAs), and Engagement Assistants (EAs)). Departments are welcome to exceed these amounts where desired. 

• International students in F-1 or J-1 status who have not been formally approved for a reduced course load must be registered as a full-time student regardless of the change to the graduate student employment policy.
  
  
• International students cannot, by law, work over 20 hours per week UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES without being out of compliance with immigration law. Your supervisor CANNOT ask you to violate your immigration status by making you work over 20 hours per week.

• Immigration requirements contain very strict rules regarding students working past their program completion date. These rules may impact the student's ability to finish out their job duties in their final semester. As such, it is critical that the department issuing the assistantship is familiar with these requirements and is prepared to find a substitute for the RA or TA in the event that the student's program completion date falls before their contract letter end date.

• Questions about immigration compliance should be directed to the International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS).

Per UAF's academic catalog, a graduate student registered for 9 or more semester credits, with 3 or more at the 600 level, is classified as a full-time student. A graduate student enrolled in 5-8 credits is classified as part-time. Per University policy, students must be enrolled in at least 6 credits to be employed at UAF.

Graduate Assistants seeking outside work may be asked to file a workload exception and/or may be required to file an employement disclosure for services performed outside of the UA system. Prior to accepting outside work, Graduate Assistants are encouraged to discuss potential opportunities with their advisor/supervisor. Learn more about information related to employment disclosures.

Graduate Assistantship offer letters are now created and processed through the NextGen platform.

If you need to print or access your contract letter after signing, you can access all of your forms through the NextGen Dashboard.

• Log into the dashboard using UA Username and Password.
  
  
• When the welcome page loads, you will see an option for "Pending/ Draft Forms" (letters in-process) and "Forms History" (completed letters).
  
  
• If you have difficulty accessing your Dashboard, please check your login information and/or update your password in ELMO if needed.