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Hi, we registered out S1 approx 2 years ago and were issued permanent SIP cards. We have applied to UK for GHIC cards and they say they they can see we were issued S1 but not that we have registered it. Does anybody know who we can contact to chase this up and request they update the records so that UK to be able to see the S1 was registered.
Thank you 🥴
If you area a permanent resident then you get an EHIC not a GHIC. The EHIC is valid for anyone with an S1.
Your S1 is registered with the INSS in your area so try contacting them for proof of registration.
Our EHIC applications were sent with the advice of pension when we received them.
Posted: Wed Aug 9, 2023 5:47pm
marcliff wrote on Wed Aug 9, 2023 4:54pm:
If you area a permanent resident then you get an EHIC not a GHIC. The EHIC is valid for anyone with an S1.
Your S1 is registered with the INSS in your area so try contacting them for proof of registration.
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Our EHIC applications were sent with the advice of pension when we received them.
Hi, thank you for your reply, sorry I meant EHIC. I will get in touch with Torrevjka INSS for proof.
Thanks again 😊
Posted: Wed Aug 9, 2023 11:07pm
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marcliff wrote on Wed Aug 9, 2023 4:54pm:
If you area a permanent resident then you get an EHIC not a GHIC. The EHIC is valid for anyone with an S1.
Your S1 is registered with the INSS in your area so try contacting them for proof of registration.
Read more...
Our EHIC applications were sent with the advice of pension when we received them.
I thought the EHIC has now been replaced with the GHIC. Your EHIC is valid until it expires then will be replaced with a GHIC. Any new applications will be for a GHIC.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:48am
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swcoulthurst wrote on Wed Aug 9, 2023 11:07pm:
I thought the EHIC has now been replaced with the GHIC. Your EHIC is valid until it expires then will be replaced with a GHIC. Any new applications will be for a GHIC.
The EHIC is still available in certain circumstances:
Some people can apply for a new UK EHIC that they can use in Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, as well as in EU countries.
People who can apply for the new card include:
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swcoulthurst wrote on Wed Aug 9, 2023 11:07pm:
I thought the EHIC has now been replaced with the GHIC. Your EHIC is valid until it expires then will be replaced with a GHIC. Any new applications will be for a GHIC.
S1 recipients and students get the EHIC. For travel the GHIC gets issued.
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:59am
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marcliff wrote on Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:56am:
S1 recipients and students get the EHIC. For travel the GHIC gets issued.
Only if they started living and studying in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland before 1 January 2021
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:11am
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John123456 wrote on Thu Aug 10, 2023 8:48am:
The EHIC is still available in certain circumstances:
Some people can apply for a new UK EHIC that they can use in Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, as well as in EU countries.
Read more...
People who can apply for the new card include:
nationals from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland who started living in the UK before 1 January 2021, and their familiessome British State Pensioners who started living in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland before 1 January 2021, and their familiesUK students who started living and studying in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland before 1 January 2021https://www.gov.uk/global-health-insurance-card
I'm just going off this
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:10am
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swcoulthurst wrote on Thu Aug 10, 2023 9:11am:
I'm just going off this
If you read the link embedded in my previous message to you, the EHIC is still available to those who satisfy the following criteria:
Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:45am
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John123456 wrote on Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:10am:
If you read the link embedded in my previous message to you, the EHIC is still available to those who satisfy the following criteria:
nationals from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland who started living in the UK before 1 January 2021, and their familiessome British State Pensioners who started living in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland before 1 January 2021, and their familiesUK students wh...Read more...
...o started living and studying in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland before 1 January 2021For example, I still hold and will be able to hold, a EHIC as I receive UK State Pension and I have been living in Spain (EU) before 1 January 2021.
So why does the post I made say your EHIC is valid until the expiry date then will be a GHIC?
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