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HOW TO APPLY As a foreigner living in Spain, in order to apply you need to gather the following together - & photocopies! • Application Form for the Convenio Especial. You can download that here: http://www. gva.es/downloads/publicados/ IN/19162_BI.pdf • Current Passport • Proof of residency & NIE. This, for an EU citizen will be the Certificado de Registro de Ciudadano de la Unión (Green certificate/card). For a non-EU citizen it will be the Tarjeta de Residencia. • Current Certificado de Empadronamiento (padrón) • Direct Debit form. You can download that here: http://www. gva.es/downloads/publicados/ IN/19163_BI.pdf Once you have completed the application form, you simply take it all to the post office / correos in an open envelope. They will check everything & send it off for you. Once you hear that it has been processed you go to the centro de salud & register. It’s that simple. The other regions where it is currently (May 2016) available are as follows: • Andalucía • Islas Baleares • Islas Canarias • Castilla y León • Galicia • Madrid • Murcia