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