E-121 Form

The E-121 for permanent residents Back

If you have contributed to the national health services of your own country, and that country has an agreement with Spain on health services, you are also be covered if you stay for longer periods in Spain, or become a permanent resident there.

To obtain cover you are required to take two copies of form E-121 with you to Spain and register it with the Spanish health authorities. The registration is with the local Centro de Salud who will keep one of the copies of the form, and fill in and stamp the other one to be retained by you.

After a while you will receive in the post a card identifying you as a person with certain rights to use the Spanish national health services. On it will be given the name of the medic you are to visit in case of illness, as well as the address of the nearest INSS health centre.

Remember, if you go on visits to other countries from Spain you must get an E111 from your local health centre to take with you to be covered as a tourist abroad, even if you visit your home country.