5 CFR § 894.502 - What are the Qualifying Life Events (QLEs) that allow me to enroll or become covered in FEDVIP outside of open season?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s894.502"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 894.502 - What are the Qualifying Life Events (QLEs) that allow me to enroll or become covered in FEDVIP outside of open season?"
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "894.502"
section_name: "What are the Qualifying Life Events (QLEs) that allow me to enroll or become covered in FEDVIP outside of open season?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "894"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8962; 5 U.S.C. 8992; Subpart C also issued under section 1 of Pub. L. 110-279, 122 Stat. 2604 (2 U.S.C. 2051); and Sec. 894.601(b) also issued under Pub. L. 116-92, 133 Stat. 1198 (5 U.S.C. 8956 note)."
regulatory_source: "73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "894"
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# 894.502 What are the Qualifying Life Events (QLEs) that allow me to enroll or become covered in FEDVIP outside of open season?

You may enroll or become covered outside of open season if you are otherwise eligible to enroll and:

(a) You or a *family member or TEI family member* lose other dental/vision coverage;

(b) Your *annuity* or compensation is restored after having been terminated;

(c) You return to pay status as an *employee* or employee of the United States Postal Service after being on leave without pay due to deployment to active military duty;

(d) You are an *employee* or employee of the United States Postal Service and you get married;

(e) You return to Federal employment or employment of the United States Postal Service after being on leave without pay if you did not have Federal dental or vision coverage prior to going on leave without pay, or your coverage was terminated or canceled during your period of leave without pay;

(f) You are a *TEI* and your uniformed services pay or uniformed services retirement pay is restored after having been reduced, forfeited, or terminated; or

(g) You are not a *TEI* and you marry a *TEI* and can be covered as a *TEI family member;* or, you are not a *TEI* and you marry a non-*TEI sponsor* that is on active duty and can be covered as *a TEI certifying family member.* However, upon remarriage, a *TEI former spouse* or *TEI* surviving spouse or widow loses status as a *TEI* with respect to a former or deceased *sponsor.*

[73 FR 50184, Aug. 26, 2008, as amended at 79 FR 41405, July 16, 2014; 83 FR 58179, Nov. 19, 2018; 88 FR 47748, July 25, 2023]