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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:54pm
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Izzy wrote on Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:48am:
Sorry to ask but can you still get you S1 from U.K. when applying for residency in Spain? I thought it finished.
From what I read pensioners can now obtain an SI for healthcare in Spain, this is all a little bizarre as many people left UK before the end of the withdrawal agreement to obtain one. The next thing to be cracked to encourage people to move is the driving licence swap.
https://upsticks.es/s1-and-the-non-lucrative-visa-2022-update/
Holaitsdavid wrote on Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:54pm:
From what I read pensioners can now obtain an SI for healthcare in Spain, this is all a little bizarre as many people left UK before the end of the withdrawal agreement to obtain one. The next thing to be cracked to encourage people to move is the driving licence swap.
https://upsticks.es/s1-and-the-non-lucrative-visa-2022-update/
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I think you can as long as you can obtain residency from what I've been told
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:30pm
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Steve j wrote on Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:04pm:
I think you can as long as you can obtain residency from what I've been told
My link states S1 form is now accepted for non-lucrative visa applications in UK. However, I would also add private care is very good indeed in Spain and about a third of the cost in UK.. Plus a private GP visit can be just 40 Euro, for those who prefer to go without long waits in their state heath centres.
Holaitsdavid wrote on Wed Mar 30, 2022 2:30pm:
My link states S1 form is now accepted for non-lucrative visa applications in UK. However, I would also add private care is very good indeed in Spain and about a third of the cost ...
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...in UK.. Plus a private GP visit can be just 40 Euro, for those who prefer to go without long waits in their state heath centres.
Yes, S1 is available to those eligible for state pension.
My experience of just going to the pharmacy .......tablets available in France for 5,40 euros cost me 28 euros in Spain..... truly not cheap! I offered my EHIC and was not offered any form for claiming back!
I am willing to queue if the costs are so high.
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:57am
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Rae2022 wrote on Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:37pm:
Yes, S1 is available to those eligible for state pension.
My experience of just going to the pharmacy .......tablets available in France for 5,40 euros cost me 28 euros in Spain..... truly not cheap! I offered my EHIC and was not offered any form for claiming back!
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I am willing to queue if the costs are so high.
I never used my EHIC or S1, drugs are not that expensive here, but more than UK for basic things like aspirin, which you can't buy in the supermarket. GP's are really cheap about 40 Euro for consultation, I paid about £200 for private GP in the UK. Sanitas which is part of BUPA amazing, only one third of cost UK with great service.
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Holaitsdavid wrote on Wed Mar 30, 2022 1:54pm:
From what I read pensioners can now obtain an SI for healthcare in Spain, this is all a little bizarre as many people left UK before the end of the withdrawal agreement to obtain one. The next thing to be cracked to encourage people to move is the driving licence swap.
https://upsticks.es/s1-and-the-non-lucrative-visa-2022-update/
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So how do you apply for a non lucrative visa I have a state pension i have enough savings and I own my property here Spain I am 68 years old can anybody advise please
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 11:05am
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Steve j wrote on Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:41am:
So how do you apply for a non lucrative visa I have a state pension i have enough savings and I own my property here Spain I am 68 years old can anybody advise please
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:17pm
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Steve j wrote on Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:41am:
So how do you apply for a non lucrative visa I have a state pension i have enough savings and I own my property here Spain I am 68 years old can anybody advise please
Here a video which that will tell you much about your questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcNvWFNFReI
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:30pm
Holaitsdavid wrote on Thu Mar 31, 2022 2:17pm:
Here a video which that will tell you much about your questions.
I don’t understand how this video helps with a visa and S1? It’s just not addressed here?
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:29pm
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Izzy wrote on Thu Mar 31, 2022 3:30pm:
I don’t understand how this video helps with a visa and S1? It’s just not addressed here?
Sorry confusing they include talking about a TIE, which you get after the Visa is issued this link to 'upticks' who can answer most of the question. . https://upsticks.es/got-your-visa-what-you-need-to-do-first-when-you-arrive-in-spain/
This other video the guy from Upticks talks about the Visa and where you go to get one, it's not simple now not EU citizens, Spain really is a 'foreign country' Good luck .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBUrBKszHYU
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