airways

My company have now seconded me to Spain to work out of our Spanish base officially for the next couple of years and I have my S1 form. How do actually register this? I assume I get a Spanish SS number?

spainrico

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthca...canary-islands

bobd22

It's very easy first you need padron , TIE passport etc then once you have the S1 you need to make an appointment at your local INSS office. Take documentation S1 etc to appointment they submit all the details registering you on the system and take both copies of the s1 off you. Usually a few weeks later you get a letter certifying you are registered which you then take to your local or chosen Centro Salud. You present the certificate and they register you with a doctor . A few days later you will receive your official medical card through the post. The few weeks waiting for certificate can be longer and when we registered my wife's after waiting 5 weeks and getting no certificate in the post we had to make a second INSS office appointment to chase it up. The reason for he delay was that the certificate is only issued once the INSS have sent the 2nd copy of the s1 back to the UK and the uk have notified INSS of the receipt of it. They sorted it out for my wife and all was fine. For me I had no issues and it was all relatively straight forward. One other thing when you get your S1 Which is actually 2 identical copies make another copy for your own use as should you need medical care in the future when visiting the uk you will need to show proof of being an S1 holder to receive other than emergency medical care.
Sorry here's the link to make an appointment at your INSS office. Choose the box pensions and other matters and whether you have electronic signature or not option.
https://sede.seg-social.gob.es/wps/p...vZ0FBIS9nQSEh/

airways

Thanks. I have all the padron, TIE etc it’s the INSS bit I needed. Much appreciated.

bobd22

In that case should be straight forward enough if you use the link to book a cita.

Fred James

Be aware that, depending on where you are, getting an appointment can be difficult.

airways

Cheers. I am in Jerez.

bobd22

It can be patchy our appointments were for elez Malaga and I found the best time to try for a Cita was first thing Monday mornings. Other times non available. So it may be that's when they put new times on which all ger take ? Worth a try , good luck.