MOVING TO ALICANTE REGION

Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:19am

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MiaMusic

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Dear friends,

I started to search around along with my lifetime partner where in Europe we'd like to settle; I am entering Catral as the place to be at, but that is not the final verdict. We visited Santa Pola a drove around 6 weeks ago.

We have put our house for sale (Vancouver Island) and are preparing for our move to Spain. I have asked a few questions before and I got tons of advice from you. My next one would be about our medical insurance; what's the monthly pay for a medical insurance for the new arrivals?

Thank you

Mia

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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:37am

Andrew65

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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:37am

Wow Mia, you’re moving from Vancouver Island, why? It’s beautiful, it would be top of my list for places to live in the world. I heard that a lot of ex sea cruise captains who have seen the world move there.

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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:50pm

jimtaylor

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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 3:50pm

You need to pay one year up front.

Contact Alfonso at Gran Alacant Insurances - his advert is on this page.

Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:51am

MiaMusic

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:51am

I am from Slovakia; there is more than one reason why I need to go back to Europe. Vancouver Island is for some people, not for everyone, like any other place on this planet.

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:58am

MiaMusic

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:58am

Thank you, Jim; I can see and advertisement for a Gran Alacant Insurance; There's no Alfonso name, but I am guessing that's the one you are recommending.

Mia

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:28am

jimtaylor

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:28am

That's correct Mia. Alfonso has been highly recommended by many people on this forum, so get in touch with him.

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:32am

MiaMusic

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:32am

That's so much appreciated!

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:05am

Richard080943

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Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:05am

Hi Mia

If you or your partner have a state pension then you can obtain free medical care once you have your identification documents (NIE).

Check the areas prone to flooding before you start looking for a property! There are very many unfortunate people who have lost almost everything in the Catral, Dolores, Albatera, La Hoya areas.

Best of luck!

Richard

Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:51am

MiaMusic

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Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 3:51am

Hello Richard,

my spouse has Government pension. Do I still have to buy insurance?

Thank you for your feedback on properties. We saw some part of Catral, that seemed to be higher; yes we are aware of the flooding. We're still going to be researching other areas, but the Santa Pola area appealed to us the most.

Mia