Class Registration Changes

UH System Policy states that international students with "F" or "J" visa status are required to be covered under the UH System-endorsed Student Health Insurance Plan or have equivalent health insurance coverage, regardless of the number of credit hours taken. At the time of registration, the student will automatically be charged for the mandatory UHS-endorsed Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) coverage period on their student financial account.

Changes/corrections that may affect or reverse a student's waiver, enrollment in the mandatory SHIP, or being charged the health insurance fee must be posted to the student's university account no later than the posted deadline for the current term. (Including, but not limited to, a change in residency, citizenship or visa status, class enrollment, etc.)

The Official Reporting Day listed for the regular session for each term is used as the posted deadline.

Registering for Classes After the Posted Deadline

If you register for classes after the posted deadline for the current term and have not been charged the health insurance fee, it is your responsibility to enroll in the UH System-endorsed Student Health Insurance Plan as a Qualifying Event prior to your first class day.

Deferred or Canceled Admissions

If you defer or cancel your admission after registering for classes and being charged the health insurance fee, you are responsible for ensuring that your enrollment reflects a zero-credit-hour course load before the term's published deadline.

Dropping or Withdrawing from All Classes

If you drop or withdraw from all classes, or defer or cancel your admission, before the posted deadline for the current term, you are responsible for ensuring that your enrollment reflects a zero-credit-hour course load.

If the health insurance fee is reversed and you later register for classes after the posted deadline during the same insurance coverage period, you must enroll in the UH System-endorsed Student Health Insurance Plan through a Qualifying Event before attending classes.

The reversal of the health insurance fee resulting from a complete withdrawal from or drop of all classes will be processed as follows:

1. All classes dropped before the first class day of the regular session
   • • The Health Insurance Fee will automatically be reversed within one business day after the posted deadline.
     • You are responsible for verifying that the fee has been removed from your university financial account within 10 days after the term's posted deadline.
2. All classes are dropped before the first class day due to non-payment (Bursar drop/zapped)
   • • The Health Insurance Fee will automatically be reversed within one business day.
     • You are responsible for verifying that the fee has been removed from your university financial account before the term's posted deadline.
     • If you re-enroll in classes before the posted deadline, the Health Insurance Fee will automatically be charged to your university financial account again.
3. All classes dropped after the first class day but before the posted deadline
   • • The Health Insurance Fee will automatically be reversed one day after the term's posted deadline.
     • You are responsible for verifying that the fee has been removed from your university financial account within 10 days after the posted deadline.
4. Withdrawal from all classes before the posted deadline
   • • The Health Insurance Fee will be manually reversed one business day after the term's posted deadline if notification of the withdrawal has been submitted.
     • You are responsible for ensuring that your enrollment reflects a zero-credit-hour course load and for submitting notification of your withdrawal to the Student Health Center no later than the term's posted deadline.
     • You are also responsible for confirming that the Health Insurance Fee has been removed from your university financial account within 10 days after the posted deadline.
     • Click Here to submit notification form.
5. Withdrawal from or drop of all classes after the posted deadline with a full credit of tuition and fees

• • • If you withdraw from or are dropped from all classes after the term's posted Open Enrollment and Waiver Period deadline and receive a full credit for all tuition and university fees, the Health Insurance Fee may be manually removed from your university financial account.
    • You are responsible for ensuring that your enrollment reflects a zero-credit-hour course load and for submitting notification of the change in your enrollment status to the Student Health Center within 10 days of receiving the credit.
    • Requests received after the last class day of the term, as established by the Academic Calendar, will not be accepted.
    • You are responsible for verifying that the Health Insurance Fee has been removed from your university financial account within 10 days of submitting the notification form.
    • Click Here to submit notification form.