Irish Passport versus British Passport - Page 2

frequent flyer wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 5:45pm:

It's written in the UK withdrawal agreement..so good luck with trying to get the UK government to pay for your health care whilst living full time  in Spain..all I can say is that I am 66 years old and have been informed that I need private health care to live full time in Spain.

Alan mac wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 5:47pm:

Can you post a link to what your saying as it’s completely contrary to what I’m

Being told 

frequent flyer wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 6:02pm:

The information you require on the January 21 UK withdrawal agreement is freely available online to read ...the document you have posted is referring to people applying pre January 21.. presently the British government has agreed to pay the £4,500 per year to the Spanish government for UK OAPs t...

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...hat claim residency in Spain pre January 21...so I should imagine like me you will need to pay for you own health care ..or if your wife has paid into the Irish health care system maybe you could ask them if they will pay.

Alan mac wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 6:06pm:

Well it’s still contrary to what I’m being told !

RichT wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 6:16pm:

https://upsticks.es/residency-in-spain-for-irish-passport-holders-all-you-need-to-know/

The info in the link above should provide clarity - in particular, click through the links to

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https://upsticks.es/how-much-money-do-you-need-in-the-bank-for-eu-residency-application/

and

https://upsticks.es/healthcare-to-get-residency-in-spain/

Hope this helps!

Alan mac wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 6:23pm:

Thank you most helpful 

But I found this in your link which mentions dependencies 

frequent flyer wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 6:48pm:

 Best way forward for you..is to do what I did and phone up Newcastle DWP and ask them.

Alan mac wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 6:51pm:

Thank you 

Mags44 wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 2:50pm:

The person holding the Irish passport is an EU citizen and has all the rights and obligations that British citizens had before they decided to shoot themselves in the foot. EU citizens have the right to move freely within all the EU/Schengen countries/states and have the right to stay and work in...

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... whichever of these countries/states that they choose to. If they choose to relocate permanently, then they should follow the ruling for the country/state that they want to move to. For example, before Brexit, UK citizens could move freely and work in Spain but they were obliged to follow the rules for applying for residencia after 90 days, which most people did. Those who never followed the rules are those who are no longer able to stay in Spain for more than 90 days in every 180. The same rules still apply to Irish, French, German and other EU country/state citizens. You have the right as an EU citizen to move to Spain but need to do this under the current rules regarding freedom of movement. Irish passport holders would need to prove that they either have a job to go to or have a pension to live off or have enough money in the bank to be able to support themselves. They don't need to show that they have a huge amount of money in the bank nor apply for a visa nor a TIE, which is for third-country citizens only.

Alan mac wrote on Tue Mar 1, 2022 5:12pm:

Well according to My research which has been confirmed by my immigration advisor as the fact that as my wife is in receipt of a UK state pension she will be eligible for a form S1 and as her spouse I am eligible for free healthcare as well  

If you look online regarding applying for an S 1 you can see there is a section on there which covers dependants ...

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