How to obtain your insurance certificate You may be asked to provide proof of insurance to obtain your visa or to enter the country. Proof of insurance is required in many countries for expatriation or travel, such as Costa Rica or Jordan, or for study abroad.
Why an international insurance certificate?
Depending on the purpose of your stay abroad, you may need a foreign insurance certificate. If you’re studying abroad, your school or university may ask you for this document. You will need a certificate of insurance for certain countries. If you live in certain countries, an immigration certificate is required.
What does a foreign health insurance certificate contain?
The health insurance certificate is a document confirming that you are covered by an international health insurance policy. This document is proof of insurance during the period of validity of the contract. This is also called the insurance certificate and must include at least the following information:
- last name, first name, date of birth
- type of insurance,
- dates of stay abroad
Other information may be requested depending on the purpose of your stay. Mondassur will provide you with the appropriate certificates for your stay abroad. You may be asked to name the various benefits covered by your policy, in particular coverage of medical expenses abroad and repatriation assistance – essential benefits when abroad.
All Mondassur certificates are in English and one other language: French, Spanish. The Travel Pass insurance complies with insurance attestation requests in countries requiring it.
Which visas require an insurance certificate?
Tourist visas for China, Russia, Mongolia, Cuba…etc.
To stay in certain countries or obtain a visa (e.g. Russia or China), you need to have travel insurance. When you apply for your visa, you will be asked to provide proof of health insurance. Mondassur offers travel insurance for Travel Pass. This travel insurance meets the insurance criteria required by the consulates of these countries for travel insurance.
Student visa or internship
If you are a student, your school may require proof of worldwide health insurance. If you’re doing an internship in the USA, you’ll need an attestation for your J-1 visa. If you wish to study in the United States, you must take out insurance for the United States, and your American university will require it. Mondassur offers Student Global insurance, especially for the United States, or Student Backup and Student Budget insurance, depending on your needs for international insurance coverage. This is also the case for China and Hong Kong, which require student insurance for China or student insurance for Hong Kong to enable students to obtain their visas.
Schengen Visa
If you want to stay in Europe, you’ll need a Schengen visa, depending on your nationality. To obtain this short-stay visa, you’ll need to take out Schengen visa insurance. This insurance is required to obtain a certificate of insurance to start your visa application. Mondassur offers you its Schengen Visa insurance for less than 90 days: Schengen Europe Access. This insurance complies with European consulate requirements for Schengen visas.
Long-stay visa : If you are staying longer in Europe and in France, a certificate of insurance for a Long Stay visa will also be required for your stay. Mondassur offers Europe Access insurance and will provide you with a certificate immediately after you take out visa insurance online.
Visa WHV
As part of a WHV, you must take out WHV insurance in order to receive a certificate of insurance and obtain your WHV visa.
Retired Visa
In some countries, such as Thailand for the O-A visa for those aged 50 and over, it is compulsory to produce a certificate of insurance covering the guarantees required by the Thai government when renewing your visa. Mondassur offers GoldVisa insurance to help you obtain or renew your resident visa.
Why is it important to have proof of insurance abroad?
In order to benefit from healthcare services when you travel abroad.
When you are hospitalized in a foreign country, medical staff will ask you for proof of international insurance in order to provide you with the necessary care. The attestation document will enable the establishment to contact your insurance company to guarantee financial coverage of your care. Without it, you won’t be treated unless you can give your credit card as a guarantee…
This is why, when you travel to a country, the embassies of certain countries require you to have travel insurance to make sure that your health expenses can be covered.
How to obtain your international health insurance certificate?
If you take out Mondassur insurance, you’ll receive your insurance certificate as soon as you take out your international insurance policy. For certain visa applications, we can send you an original copy of your insurance certificate by post. This means you can start the process of obtaining your visa as soon as you take out your Mondassur international insurance policy.
