Spanish SIP card - Eye on Spain

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Thursday, May 01, 2008 Gypsy Ático I'm in south shields/formentera I've made 135 posts Send private message to Gypsy	Can anyone help. At the present time I am a UK resident but I spend quite a bit of the year in my spanish apartment. Could I still apply for a sip card on this basis. If so what would I need to take to our local medical centre in order to be issued with the card.Even though I am not resident I still have a padron.My OH and I are 59 and 61 years old. _______________________ GYPSY Spam post? If so please click here to report it
01 May 2008 2:54 PM morerosado EOS Superstar I'm in Somerset, UK / Guardamar Del Segura on the Costa Blanca I've made 5769 posts Send private message to morerosado	If you spend over 183 days a year in Spain you must apply for residency, (you are actually classed as resident) in which case you'd have access to a SIP card. You don't get a SIP card unless resident. _______________________ Away till 24th October in Spain Spam post? If so please click here to report it
01 May 2008 3:41 PM georgia Villa I'm in Algorfa (As seen on TV!!!) I've made 1211 posts Send private message to georgia	although you can get a SIP card without having residencia,you will just need a Spanish social security number. I actually got my SIP card instantly whilst still waiting for my residencia. While i am on about residencia,i took someone to do it on Tuesday at Orihuela,it is so easy now,you usually have to wait approx 8 weeks for the certificate but i got lucky on the day and they walked out with their residencia on the same day. Its a myth that its rteally hard and you need loads of documents. On the first occasion you need your passport. On the second occasion you need passport copies,two completed forms and your NIE,easy peasy... _______________________ "if you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything" Spam post? If so please click here to report it
01 May 2008 4:03 PM Gypsy Ático I'm in south shields/formentera I've made 135 posts Send private message to Gypsy	hi morerosado, We do not spend more than 183 days in Spain, BUT we know of quite a few people over here who are not resident but they still have a sip card.!!!!!!!!!!! _______________________ GYPSY Spam post? If so please click here to report it
01 May 2008 4:17 PM morerosado EOS Superstar I'm in Somerset, UK / Guardamar Del Segura on the Costa Blanca I've made 5769 posts Send private message to morerosado	Hi Gypsy We are non residents who don't spend anything like the 183 days annually in Spain either). We signed on The Padron at Guardamar & a couple of years later on (recently it was) we had a letter advising us that we hadn't collected our SIP card. We had problems understanding the whole content of the letter but it seemed to give instructions on how to obtain it, according to friends who understood Spanish. However, we spoke with friends Karensun (on here) & her OH & her OH said we were not entitled, as we were not resident. Now I know a non resident in La Mata had a medical problem so he went to his local medical centre for help. He was asked to sign something which he understood was for a temporary SIP card which he was to go back for later, though he opted not to. We do not spend more than 183 days in Spain, BUT we know of quite a few people over here who are not resident but they still have a sip card.!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe you should enquire of these !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hear differing accounts. I'll leave this to others. This message was last edited by morerosado on 5/1/2008. _______________________ Away till 24th October in Spain Spam post? If so please click here to report it
01 May 2008 4:33 PM Gypsy Ático I'm in south shields/formentera I've made 135 posts Send private message to Gypsy	Hi Morerosado, thanks for reply, will ask around our village for advice. _______________________ GYPSY Spam post? If so please click here to report it
01 May 2008 5:04 PM morerosado EOS Superstar I'm in Somerset, UK / Guardamar Del Segura on the Costa Blanca I've made 5769 posts Send private message to morerosado	Please come back & let me know, am interested myself, Gypsy. _______________________ Away till 24th October in Spain Spam post? If so please click here to report it

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