feliztjb

Hi can anyone help us? We are a British couple living in Spain and are planning to have a baby.We have our own property here and have NIE numbers.My partner is a fiscal resident and was paying taxes and social security as self employed for several years.Unfortunately because of the financial climate he is no longer working and we cannot afford to pay into the system.We have been told that medical care for birth and baby is free if you are not paying into the system,but we are not sure how reliable this information is.We've also been told that once born our child will be Spanish and will therefore be entitled to family benefit which I assume is the same as in the UK?

Jur

Hi, Medical care is free, however we´ve found it to be slow where it comes to scans, etc. We had a few done privately for which we paid. Also where we live (Ayamonte, Andalucia) there has been no maternity help after the birth. The Spanish Healtcare system relies heavily on the fact that within a family members take care of each other. My wife and I relied on eachother when we´ve had our kids.

Question, If you can´t pay your taxes, etc. how are you going to support a child ? (Welcome to Britishexpats.com)

The Pope

Hi welcome to the forum, we had our baby here but like Jur we had private scans locally in Ayamonte and then the little one was born in Heulva, we didnt have to pay anything, the best thing is to get a good gyno (private) pay the scans and he/she will organise and book you in the hosipital.

We dont receive any family allowance in spain, however you can apply for it via the UK. Your child will be British and entitled to a British passport (apply via FCO Madrid)

You need to make 3 posts before I can send you more details via private message....

Veleta

Despite being British I think you would still be entitled to the 2500 free euros per baby.

Someone correct me if that is wrong.

lynnxa

You are only entitled to Uk family allowance if one of the parents is working in the UK

I believe you are

I think I read it somewhere here http://www.mumsinspain.com/forums

jdr

Yes they are entitled to it, my daughter is in the process of claiming at the mo, but it is a lot of paperwork etc so best for them to get a Gestor to do it for them.
She also met the mayor and was given a cot and lots of other goodies, but this may be regional.

billgates

Even though the baby will be born in Spain it will still have to be British and have a British passport unless one of the parents are Spanish.


Can anyone tell me when this 2500 for having a baby came into effect?

jdr

Within the last two or so years as far as I know.

Veleta

Why, did you have a baby and forget to fill out the application forms???

Details are here:

http://www.aeat.es/wps/portal/Navega...S&menu=2&img=7

The Pope

[QUOTE=lynnxa;7953598]You are only entitled to Uk family allowance if one of the parents is working in the UK


http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTax...fies/DG_173532

This has more details around entitlements etc..... it gets confusing

billgates

We had a baby about 16 months ago. Can we claim? What are the conditions?

Veleta

The grant came into effect July 2007, so yes you do qualify. What have you been doing since then?!?!

I'm not sure if there is a date by which you must make the claim, eg within the first year or something like that.

Check out the link I posted earlier. It should explain the details there.

billgates

Oh No!
From reading that website it seems that you have to be resident for at least two years prior to the birth.
Our residencia was completed about 21 months before the birth.
I assume that we don't qualify. (unless anyone can tell me different?)

fionamw

Getting paid for sprogging? Sounds like a recipe for disaster if the inhabitants of J Kyle's prog get to hear about it

.... where can parents read the info ref baby's nationality? Choice after the fact? No option? etc? I've seen & read so many conflicting versions, I'm sure there must be something somewhere that's black and white??

lynnxa

[QUOTE=The Pope;7953858] what's confusing? it seems pretty straightforward to me

so unless you are paying NICs - so therefore probably working in the UK or for a UK company you don't get it, unless you get a NIC related benefit

NIC related benfits are these

from here http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTax...Tax/DG_4015904