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Where can I download an English copy of the Health Care Application Form?

Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 3:31pm
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Kim007

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Hi All,

Where can I download an English copy of the Health Care Application Form for citizens from EU/EEE/SWITZERLAND or countries which have a Bilateral Agreement in habitual residence? 

Website links are warmly welcome.

Thank you.  

killjoy

Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 6:29pm

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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 6:29pm

For emergency assistance Passport/ID card is sufficient. To benefit from general health services apply in your homeland for the blue "European Health ID". 

Kim007

Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 7:25pm

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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 7:25pm

killjoy wrote on Fri Jun 2, 2023 6:29pm:

For emergency assistance Passport/ID card is sufficient. To benefit from general health services apply in your homeland for the blue "European Health ID". 

Homeland is Belgium and they did not provide us with a blue European Health card.  
I am applying for my Spanish Residency.

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Kimmy11

Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 9:12pm

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Posted: Fri Jun 2, 2023 9:12pm

Hi Kim,

Free healthcare in Spain is only available to Spanish residents who pay social security contributions, either through employment, or if you are in receipt of the State Retirement Pension from your home country (Belgium), which makes you eligible for Form S1, enabling Spain to charge the cost of your 'free' healthcare back to Belgium.  

If you're not eligible under either of these circumstances, you could opt to join the Convenio Especial, at a cost of €60 per person, per month up to the age of 65, when it increase to €157 per person, per month, but you need to be resident for 1 year before you can apply for this scheme.  Alternatively, you will need to pay for Private Health Insurance.  The advantage of the Convenio Especial is that, unlike PHI, it covers pre-existing conditions, but neither PHI nor the CE cover the cost of prescriptions.  I'm sure you know that you need healthcare in place for your residency application, so if you're under State retirement age, your only option for the first year is going to be PHI.

At the Spanish government level, free healthcare is supposed to be granted to 'permanent' residents, i.e. foreigners who have lived in Spain for a minimum of 5 years; however, its provision is delegated to the regional governments, many of which make it impossible to obtain - Comunidad Valenciana being one of them!

Kind regards,

Kim

nasus

Posted: Sat Jun 3, 2023 8:06pm

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Posted: Sat Jun 3, 2023 8:06pm

Try here:

https://www.belgium.be/en/health/european_health_insurance_card#:~:text=How%20does%20the%20EHIC%20card,a%20patient%20from%20that%20country.

Maybe you can get the addresses you need from this site and apply for the card online.

If that doesn't help try europa.es, the European Commission website.

Kimmy11

Posted: Sat Jun 3, 2023 8:26pm

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Posted: Sat Jun 3, 2023 8:26pm

nasus wrote on Sat Jun 3, 2023 8:06pm:

Try here:

https://www.belgium.be/en/health/european_health_insurance_card#:~:text=How%20does%20the%20EHIC%20card,a%20patient%20from%20that%20country.

Maybe you can get the addresses you need from this site and apply for the card online.

If that doesn't help try europa.es, the European Commission website.

Hi nasus,

The EHIC (European Health Insurance Card) is for use by non-residents requiring healthcare in Spain that is either an emergency, or cannot await return to their home country.  It is not acceptable as proof of healthcare for the purpose of applying for Spanish residency.

Kind regards,

Kim

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