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Posted: Sat Apr 4, 2020 12:00am
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Hi,
To check whether your son's DLA makes him eligible for an S1, you need to contact the Exportability team:
https://www.gov.uk/claim-benefits-abroad/disability-benefits
Then your son needs to apply to the Overseas Healthcare Services team for his S1. That team has recently transitioned from the Department for Work and Pensions to the NHS Business Services Authority. It would probably make sense to email them in the first instance:
Kind regards
Kim
Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2020 12:50pm
swcoulthurst wrote on Fri Apr 3, 2020 8:24pm:
We are both 56 years of age (early retirement) so not of state retirement age. We are resident since January 2019 and moved permanently in March 2019. This year we become fiscal residents (after full 12 months residency). We have temporary SIP cards issued when we registered with our health centr...
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...e last year. This entitles us to our prescriptions etc, issued for 12 months. Our SIP cards expire this month and need renewing.
Yes we had to purchase private health care. As fiscal residents we will now be able to contribute into the Spanish health system.
Can you tell me how you got your temporary sip card
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