NHS requirememts
 

I'm a British citizen living in Egypt
I considering pregnancy in next months & want to give birth in UK for having the British nationality to my baby.
I want to be a member in NHS
my question is:
what is the requirements to be a member in NHS ?

Re: NHS requirememts
 

You need to be ordinarily resident in the UK. Have you ever lived in the UK?

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no i didn't live ever in UK.
my plan is to move in the coming years but i don't know exactly when.
and yes i want to be an ordinarily resident to entitled to free NHS maternity care

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It’s not clear from your post, are you pregnant now? You won’t be eligible for NHS care until you’ve moved permanently to the UK, you can’t just pop over on a visit and use it for free regardless of your citizenship. But once you and your family move for good you’ll all be covered.

Good luck.

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Also, looking at your previous posts it seems we still don’t know which of you is British - is it you or your spouse? Whoever the Brit is will need to sponsor the other for a spouse visa too.

Good luck.

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no i'm no pregnent now but i want to in next months and also in my plan i will move to UK to give birth there and for living
i want to know how to be an ordinarily resident to entitled to free NHS maternity care
(I'm a British citizen living in Egypt)

Re: NHS requirememts
 

As said above, you move there permanently. And sponsor your spouse for a visa.

Are you the husband or wife? Any other children?

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I'm the wife & no other children

Re: NHS requirememts
 

Thanks for clarifying. Your husband said he was British and you were Egyptian in previous posts.

So you’ll need to sponsor him for a spouse visa, ahead of your move.

Good luck.

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he is my brother not my husband who asked (same names)
and if i sponsor my husband for a spouse visa and moved to UK, what is the nxt steps to be eligible for NHS care?

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As above - just move there. You’ll then be covered and will have council tax bills, utility bills, payslips etc to prove your residency.

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okay, thank you for ur help

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No probs. I'd suggest you think about it and plan well ahead of when you hope to get pregnant - that way you can be settled and have a bit of a support network before your pregnancy, but also assuming you'll work in the UK you'll then be eligible for statutory maternity pay as well.

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In order to sponsor you husband you have to fulfill financial requirements.
Read the following document carefully to see if you qualify:

https://assets.publishing.service.go...equirement.pdf

Basically you need to be earning a salary of 29,000 GBP or have savings of over 80,000 GBP to qualify.

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Is that increasing next year as well? I seem to recall it was going to.

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It may be .... it certainly went up in April 2024......