Ive got my daughters immunisation records and also her school report and Ihave asked her school for a record.

Is this all we need to take this end and do they need it translating?

You will need the immunisation records for when the GP does the medical, you probably won't need the report. The school MAY want to see proof of medical cover, and they will need to see the padron. The only thing we needed from the UK was the immunisation record. Be aware that they have additional jabs here!

that should be ok - unless there are issues such as divorce, adoption, court orders as far as who the child lives with - then you might need things translated

you will also need copies of passport/birth cert/medical/padron etc etc

Thanks for the info.

Weve more or less got it then.

one less thing to think about.

We were lucky and our children didn't need any extra jabs. I think they do Hep A whcih we don't in the UK.

My children were 7 & 7 (twins) and 9 when they entered the system so any jabs they had done in UK were suffuicient here. They've since not needed any extra ones.

We simply showed our 'red book' as proof of medical records - it would be worth your while applying for a 'family book' here as it can be very handy.

I guess the OP is looking at Costa Blanca & the answers received relate to that area.... .just be aware that not all areas necessarily seek or insist on the same info/etc. Our son's school made no mention of immunisation or medical records at all. When it came to the Centro Salud bringing his vaccinations up to speed, at age 5/6 he was already behind the Spanish requirements and is still catching up now, at 7+. .... oh, and when I showed his UK vaccinations there was never any question they needed to be translated. Probably all medical stuff is sufficiently Latin-based all medics the world over can understand! (hope so...)

here on the costa blanca my kids didn't need more vaccinations than they had had already - in fact all that time ago we weren't even asked for a medical! (others were - don't know why we weren't)

it is true, however that the vaccination programme here in spain is different to in the UK - some things are done at a younger age & some a little older - but when it came to it we discovered that our two were ahead of the spanish system - but only because we had lived in the US for a short time & they'd both been 'shot' (by nurses) like pincushions - they insist on a shot for everything there!!

Whereas an 'opter-out' of many things medical such as myself is looked at with very disapproving eyes & much tutting
(& much catch-up pincushioning of son's limbs...)

no choice there

no shots - no school!

Well I agree the centro salud wanted it, I went along with it.....
but school never once insisted nor even asked!

oh I don't mean here - although dd1 had to have a medical here last year before they let her into the instituto

I mean in the US

they even wanted to jab them for chickenpox - got out of that one cos I could prove they'd both had it!

dd1 - just 7 at the time - had to have a skin test for the BCG (TB jab) - cos apparently the UK was on the 'high risk' list!

by the time she was cleared the UK was off the list again

Yep, I'm on the Costa Blanca as well. I agree though that all areas seem to be different. It would seem that there is not an overall program - or if there is, it's not very well adhered to.