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How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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We would like to buy the $30 per person Covid insurance being offered by St Maarten for $30 each. We are already on Island?
So my question is how can we get this insurance?
Last edited by badbenni; 01/11/2021 07:20 AM.
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 08:01 AM
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We would like to buy the $30 per person Covid insurance being offered by St Maarten for $30 each. We are already on Island?
So my question is how can we get this insurance? Supposedly you go to the website for travel permission and purchase it there. I believe it was mandated those already on the island after the beginning date weer required to purchase it. TRAVEL INFOThere is also an email contact link and someone had posted a phone # here previously. I will see if I can find it. You might try 721-542-3003 as this was posted previously as a good #.
Last edited by ruralcarrier; 01/11/2021 08:06 AM.
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 08:31 AM
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As with many other aspects of the travel requirements, it appears this may take a few days to settle and was not given a lot of forethought.
J.D.
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 10:47 AM
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JD--Elaine said that people already on island before January 11 would be required to purchase the insurance, but nowhere do I see that in writing and I see absolutely no way they could enforce that.
Carol Hill
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 10:52 AM
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Yes, I thought I recalled that but I was unable to find anything official. At least not yet. If your arrival date is tracked by either immigration or the EHAS, perhaps they could levy the charge upon departure. Just a thought.
J.D.
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 11:00 AM
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..except that the air evac portion is absolutely worthless, because the limit of coverage is $20,000 and you cannot get air evac for anything close to that..
Carol Hill
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 02:38 PM
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OK, appreciate hearing any response.
Carol Hill
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 02:45 PM
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From the Gov web page. "As of January 11, 2021 the government of Sint Maarten will be implementing a mandatory COVID-19 insurance for all travelers visiting Sint Maarten with the exception of residents, transit passengers, flight crews and French nationals. The insurance purchasing process is an integrated step in the EHAS application. For more information on and all questions related to the COVID-19 insurance please visit https://www.sxmprotectionplan.com or contact customer support at info@sxmprotectionplan.com"
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 05:05 PM
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Here is what I received about fifteen minutes after my inquiry: Dear Dave, Thank you for your email! Please note that French nationals and residents of Sint Maarten are exempted from the insurance. The insurance purchasing process is an integrated step in the EHAS (Electronic Health Authorization System) application of St. Maarten. The EHAS application form must be completed by each visitor arriving by air at https://stmaartenehas.com/application-form/.If you already have an approved EHAS application form but you were not offered to purchase the insurance you can purchase the insurance at https://www.sxmprotectionplan.com/applicationWe hope to have informed you sufficiently! Regards, -- Sofia www.sxmprotectionplan.com
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/11/2021 05:19 PM
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OK, well, if you go there, it asks you to put in your arrival date, and it only starts with today...
Carol Hill
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Re: How can visitors already here buy the new Covid Insurance required of all visitors
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01/16/2021 10:02 AM
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johnhill--It is definitely possible they would evacuate you to San Juan or to say, Martinique, which is where many French side patients are evacuated to. Those hospitals are still nowhere near as good as the US. And the air evac amount is totally insufficient to get you back to the US, yes. The insurance is basically worthless, in my opinion, except for the cost of quarantine. And since it only pays $125 a day, god knows whether THEY will decide where you can stay, or whether you have to try to find somewhere to stay for that amount of money, but $125 a day, especially in high season, doesn't seem like it would do the job...
Carol Hill
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