Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:55pm
Your post is really confusing? I think you are getting a lot of procedures mixed up.
To register your S1 form for a SIP Card you need to do it through the local INSS office, as the OP correctly trying to do. I would suggest to the OP to enlist the services of a gestor. It shouldn’t cost very much and well worth it, they do these things every day and know the easiest way of doing things.
But martmat you do not require a photo for your SIP card . The S1 form is registered at the INSS office and you are allocated a GP at your nearest salud and given a temporary SIP card starlight away. The SIP card does not have a photo on it. Presumably the health district in question here is Torrevieja so the INSS office is in Torrevieja. The temporary SIP card is then taken to the salud for a permanent SIP card.
Neither do you obtain your residencia at the local town hall, this has to be done at the foreigners office in Alicante. Once you’ve had a fingerprint appointment, you then have to return a 2-3 weeks later (currently) to collect your card. They are not posted out as they check your fingerprint before they release the card to you.
The form you obtain from your town hall is the padron. The method for renewing that varies between municipalities and I know that at both Guardamar and Rojales you can literally just turn up without a prior appointment Some other municipalities offer a service of asking for a copy online.
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I’m really not sure what process you are talking about where a card is sent through the post to you after a wait of 8 weeks.
Lynn