limmylimoux
15-05-2013, 20:42
Hi everyone. We are moving to Tenerife in June. I find the posts really helpful but sometimes confusing.
We are a retired couple with a good pension and a healthy bank balance, so income wont be a problem. We are initially renting for 6/12 months to test the water. I read all the advice but some say make yourself a resident straight away. Others say don't cut your ties with UK.
My husband is on medication, so we assumed that to access healthcare and medication under the EU reciprocal agreement, we would need to make ourselves residents. I am intending to apply for the SE1 in order to register with a doctor in Tenerife. Now I don't know what to do. Once I fill in the SE1 form we will no longer be entitled to UK healthcare, so will have "cut ties".
What is the right thing to do. Can we get prescription meds and register with a doctor without making ourselves residents straight away, on a temporary basis say for six months, or should we go ahead and plunge straight into the system. Advice would be welcome.
We are a retired couple with a good pension and a healthy bank balance, so income wont be a problem. We are initially renting for 6/12 months to test the water. I read all the advice but some say make yourself a resident straight away. Others say don't cut your ties with UK.
My husband is on medication, so we assumed that to access healthcare and medication under the EU reciprocal agreement, we would need to make ourselves residents. I am intending to apply for the SE1 in order to register with a doctor in Tenerife. Now I don't know what to do. Once I fill in the SE1 form we will no longer be entitled to UK healthcare, so will have "cut ties".
What is the right thing to do. Can we get prescription meds and register with a doctor without making ourselves residents straight away, on a temporary basis say for six months, or should we go ahead and plunge straight into the system. Advice would be welcome.