Required documents & deadlines
If youâre asked to verify or add to information you entered on your Marketplace application, youâll get notices (letters, emails, or both) telling you which documents to submit. You may get a notice from your health insurance company too. See what to do if you can't find your notice.
Which documents to submit
You'll need to send different documents based on what we need to verify:
- Yearly income estimate
- Immigration status
- Citizenship
- Adoption, foster care placement, or court order
- Other issues
Your notice also includes the list of acceptable documents to resolve your particular issues.
After you gather your documents, check out this screen-by-screen guide with pictures (PDF), or follow these written instructions to upload your documents.
Your submission deadline
Your deadline to submit documents depends on the type of information you're asked to confirm:
- Youâll have at least 90 days from the date of your eligibility notice (usually the date you completed your application) to resolve the health insurance issue before your plan could end or change.
- For citizenship and immigration issues, you have 95 days.
What happens if you miss your deadline
If you donât meet your deadline, weâll make a new determination of the insurance and savings youâre eligible for. These results will be based on information from our data sources, not what you put on your application.
The new results may change your current insurance eligibility and costs.
- If you were found eligible for a premium tax credit: The amount could change or you may lose it entirely.
- If you were found eligible for savings on out-of-pocket costs (known as âcost-sharing reductionsâ): The amount could change or you may lose these savings entirely.
- If you told us someone on your application is a U.S. citizen or U.S. national, or has eligible immigration status, but donât submit the required documents in time: Their health insurance could be terminated.
More Answers: Required documents & deadlines
Check your Marketplace account online:
- Log into your Marketplace account.
- Select the application with the data matching issue under "Your Existing Applications."
- Use the menu on the left side of your screen to click on "Application Details."
Note: You should see a full list of data matching issues that apply to you and your household listed under "Send Documents for Data Matching Issues."
Follow the directions on the screen for each issue.
You should still submit the documents. Your Marketplace coverage and savings may depend on it.
- If you don't expect your income to change for the year youâre seeking coverage: You can provide your most recent tax return or W-2s. If you have a different job than you had last year but expect the same income, don't send documents that show income from your old job. Send recent pay stubs from the new job instead. See more details about acceptable income documents.
- If you expect your income to go up or down for the year youâre seeking coverage: You can provide other documents, like recent pay stubs or a document that states when contract work will end or what your new wages will be. For a full list of documents you can use to verify your estimated income, refer to the table on page 8 of this document (PDF).