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Who is entitled to Spanish National Health Cover How Can I apply?- Quick Guide

The grid below gives a guide to the documents required to obtain Spanish state health care entitlement and where you can obtain them. Use this link to download the asistencia sanitaria application form https://sede.seg-social.gob.es Use this link to make an appointment with CAISS Ciudadanos (seg-social.gob.es) ***Submission on line or via email(during Covid 19 emergency) Presentación de otros Escritos, Solicitudes y Comunicaciones INSS-Presentación de Solicitud (seg-social.es) OR email buzon.inss-tenerife.direccion-provincial@seg-social.es Continue reading at https://theonestopproblemshop.com/who-is-entitled-to-spanish-national-health-cover-and-how-can-i-apply/ | The One Stop Problem Shop …

Health Care

Prescriptions

Many medications can not be purchased without a prescription either from a Private doctor or from your Spanish National Health service GP. In Spain National health prescriptions are partly paid for by the patient. (With the exception of low income Pensioners whose prescriptions are free) A co-payment system of contributing towards the cost of prescriptions was introduced in July 2012. Most people, including UK pensioners, will be required to pay a percentage of the cost …

Health Care / Residents

Can I get Health Care In Spain?

COVID 19 British Consulate Health Advice update 26/3/20 UPDATE FROM THE BRITISH CONSULATE -1. If you have been issued with an S1 form and are registered for residency, but you have not been able to register the S1 with the INSS (Spanish Social Security), then please email the Healthcare Team at healthcare.spain@fco.gov.uk They will help you process your application electronicallyIf you have been issued with an S1 form but you have not been able to …

Cars and Driving / Residents

Vehicle and Driver Fines

If you are unlucky enough to be fined for a traffic offence (speeding etc) and you have been sanctioned by the Guardia Civil, you can pay the fine online with your credit or debit card and if you do it within 20 days of the fine being issued you save 50% The link is here and you must have the paperwork for the fine to hand with the reference number. If you can’t or don’t want …

Cars and Driving / Residents

CAR SALE / PURCHASE CHECKLIST

Making sure the vehicle is either in your name officially (or removed from your name if you are selling) is a more complicated process in Spain than it is in the UK Seller Photocopies of: NIF If non Spanish: White NIE in date plus Passport Or certificado de registro plus passport Or TIE Originals of: Ficha Técnica (car log Book) Permiso de Circulación matching the name of the documents above – this is to make …

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Certificates of Residence – Quirks and Questions

As well as the standard requirements to become a resident in Spain , you either have to be: • Currently working legally in Spain, or be self employed and so have a Spanish income, Or you have to prove your income is sufficient to support you and your family, this is done either; • by having a lump sum in a Spanish bank or regular income over a period of time from a Spanish source …

Employment / Pensions

Social Security Number Applications

A social security number ( not to be confused with an NIE number) is only obtainable if you are becoming self employed OR if you have a written job offer in Spanish known as a “pre- contrato” OR if you are a foreign pensioner who has entitlement to health care funded by their home country. UK citizens who are prospective Employees have to have amongst other things a copy of the AUTORIZACIÓN DE RESIDENCIA Y …

Employment

On-line mailbox for reporting work related fraud anonymously

The department of Employment have created an online mailbox for reporting work related fraud anonymously. Previously, illegal workers were nervous of reporting an irregularity because they had to give their details, even though the information was know to the work inspectors, but was never communicated to the employer. Now the process is totally anonymous. The move is clearly aimed at detecting those companies that hire under the table workers, or issue part time contracts and …

Residents / Taxes

Assets Reporting – modelo 720

Those who are newly arrived and fiscally resident in Spain must present a modelo 720 which reports to the Spanish tax authority their assets exceeding 50,000 euros in any one of various categories which are held abroad. This could be Property owned or bank accounts held in the Uk for example Taxpayers who presented the modelo 720 in previous years before, you must resubmit again in the following cases: When any assets and rights that …

General / Permits

Recreational Fishing Permits

These can be applied for via the local town hall but they take quite a few days, so you may not get it before your holiday ends!.. if you go to Santa Cruz (weekdays before 1pm) the licence will be issued on the spot. Application form here . Form to pay the fee here, address of the office: Avda. de Anaga, 35, Edf. Usos Múltiples I, 11ª planta 38001, Santa Cruz de Tenerife – Tfno. 922.47.50.00 – Fax 922.24.68.43 …

Pensions / Residents

What to do if you are living permanently in Tenerife and are retired or coming up to retirement age.

There will be no change to the rights and status of EU nationals living in the UK, nor UK nationals living in the EU, while the UK remains in the EU. If you have previously worked in Tenerife, you will find it has an effect on the way you claim your UK pension entitlement when you come to retirement age. How do I claim my UK pension? You should be sent a EC rules claim …

Residents / Taxes

Residents and Fiscal Residency

Moving to Tenerife : Fiscal Residence and Keeping things straight Having a residencia certificate (a green wallet sized piece of paper) or a TIE plastic card with your NIE printed on it is often confused with being fiscally resident. Theoretically you could be staying for longer that 90 days in a Spanish tax year – and so required to comply with immigration regulations and get a residencia certificate – but then you could revoke the certificate …

Taxes

Fines for late or Non Presentation of Spanish Taxes

If you miss the deadline for presenting theSpanish tax return you risk fines and other additional costs on top of the tax owed. Below is a guide to late submission and non payment fines and uinterest charges. This is just a guideline as each case is judged individually and there are sometimes reductions for timely payment of the fine. Late presentation fine: Up to 3 months of due date 5% of tax due Between 3-6 …

Non Residents Tax - modelo 210 / Taxes

Non-Resident Home Owners and Annual Property Taxes

After legislative changes in 2008 many non-resident owners of property in Spain were under the misconception that they can forget about submitting their annual tax forms! It would be nice but it is not the case. Up until the end of 2007 all non-residents with property in Spain were also liable to pay a “wealth tax” (Patrimonio) which was calculated on the value of their assets in Spain (i.e. property, savings, etc.) With the introduction …

Non Residents Tax - modelo 210

How to Find Your Catastral Information

As some of you may have noticed if you pay your “Impuestos Sobre Bienes Inmuebles” (local authority rates) through your bank they are no longer giving full details on the bank slips as they did before the advent of SEPA bank payment rules. This can be a problem as from 2015 payable 2016 and onwards from then there is a basic change to the rules for calculating the tax as well as a change to …

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BREXIT

On 29 March 2017, the British government triggered Article 50, which begins the formal process of the UK leaving the EU.Currently there are no changes to the rights and obligations of British citizens living or visiting Spain, but if or more likely when changes are confirmed I will post information here, you can also check the UK Government’s own links here and here as updates occur.