Insurance Requirement for F-1 Students
City College of San Francisco F-1 international students are required to maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage. The college has mandated that F-1 visa students must fulfill these requirements by enrolling in the coverage chosen by the college for our international students. All City College of San Francisco international students who are here on an F-1 visa are therefore required to purchase health insurance through Academic Health Insurance Services with Anthem Blue Cross.
This policy provides excellent medical coverage at a competitive price. Once you have enrolled in your health insurance for the term, you will be able to choose your doctor(s) from a large number of health care providers in the San Francisco and Bay Area communities who are part of the Anthem Blue Cross network. The student plan is called "Passport to Healthcare Primary PPO".
This insurance is mandatory for all F-1 international students.
How to Enroll
International Students in the Credit (Academic) Program, Conditional Admission Program, and Intensive English Program (IEP) may enroll in the insurance coverage in one of the following ways:
- Visit the insurance website below:
- or email international@ccsf.edu to ask for assistance
Direction on enrolling after you have entered the website:
- Select “Begin Enrollment” and expand “Online Enrollment"
- Click on the blue color button "Click Here to Enroll" for the program your are enrolling
- Enter your CCSF Student Email address (xxxx@mail.ccsf.edu) for verification, then click "Next"
- You will need to click on the hyperlink "Create one now!" in the box below "Forgot your Password?"
- Sign Up to create your online account by completing the online form (For Credit Hours (Semester) field, please indicate the number of units you will be studying. For Conditional Admission and Intensive English Program students, please input "0".)
- Once you have created your account by verifying it through your CCSF student email account, log-in to your new insurance account and purchase your health insurance.
- Please allow a minimum of 5 business days for your payment to be processed, and for your insurance hold on myRAM Portal to be removed.