# Extension of Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) Application Periods in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
> **US Department of Veterans Affairs** · Final rule. · Published 2020-10-07 · Effective 2020-10-07 · 85 FR 63208
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-19645
- **Category:** va-other
- **Agency:** US Department of Veterans Affairs
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 63208
- **CFR reference:** 38 CFR 9
- **Publication date:** 2020-10-07
- **Effective date:** 2020-10-07
## Abstract

This document adopts without change a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) interim final rule that extends by 90 days the deadlines for former members insured under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (SGLI) to apply for Veterans' Group Life Insurance (VGLI) coverage following separation from service in order to address the inability of former members directly or indirectly affected by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency to purchase VGLI. The final rule is in effect for one year from the date that the interim final rule was published in the Federal Register.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/07/2020-19645/extension-of-veterans-group-life-insurance-vgli-application-periods-in-response-to-the-covid-19)
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