Re: How to apply for the new Global Health Insurance Card (G
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2022 1:30 pm
In Stitches wrote:Sorry for my ignorance but what is an S1. My EHIC card has now run out and I am a resident of many years with a TIE.
Once you receive your state pension from the U.K. you apply for an S1 form from the overseas health department which once registered gives you Spanish state healthcare. I’m guessing that you must be below state pension age if you don’t know what the S1 form is - you’d also need to show the S1 if you require medical assistance whilst visiting the U.K.
The only people now eligible to renew an EHIC are those residing in Spain pre Brexit with S1 cover. As a resident without the S1 form you cannot renew an EHIC. You have to be resident in the U.K. to obtain the new GHIC card.
As a Spanish resident your U.K. issued EHIC provides you with emergency medical cover whilst you visit other countries in EU, so it’s not valid in Spain or the U.K. You would now have to utilise your travel insurance for medial assistance to the rest of the EU.
All explained in greater detail below
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-in-spain-including-the-balearic-and-canary-islands
https://www.gov.uk/global-health-insurance-card
Lynn