Spain has tightened its belt when it comes to providing medical assistance on the national health and not just for foreigners either; Spanish nationals are also affected by measures implemented this year. An increased burden on an already flagging system provoked the changes and it is no longer enough to be “empadronado” or registered as a resident in Spain to be entitled to free medical assistance.
I have received consults and queries about the use of contracts for business and all I can say is: DEFINITELY YES!
The only way to protect your interests as well as your clients’ of course is to draft a contract that outlines the nature of your agreement. This avoids confusion, misunderstandings and basically being taken for a ride by crafty “business people”. If you are entering a long-term agreement, a contract is the way to go but even if you are doing one-off projects, some type of agreement is also advised for the same reasons.
Living abroad definitely has its benefits but death follows us wherever we are and just because we get to bask most of the year in the glorious sun, unfortunately, we are not immune to it. How would you cope if a family member died? How would you navigate the Spanish system? As morbid as it seems, we must make sure our affairs are in order, so here’s a brief insight into Spanish Wills.
Lately I haven’t posted much or been “visible” to my virtual friends and fellow administrative consultants but this has been due to bad health (finally diagnosed so at last I can start to work through it). Now that I am putting that episode behind me, it is time to get some focus again. So many thoughts are rushing through my mind at the moment but I hope I manage to get them down so at least this post is coherent…
Lately there has been much talk about changes in residencia applications in Spain, but what changes have taken place and who is eligible to apply from now on?
The law in question is “Orden PRE/1490/2012, 9th July”, that covers the rights of European Union members to circulate freely within member states and the conditions that must be met by those who wish to reside in another state for a period of more than 3 months. The law is more extensive but basically, supervision of residencia applications has been somewhat lax which in turn has proved to be a drain on the system, particularly on the resources of the National Health System as well as people benefiting from resident travel discounts without contributing to the Spanish economy.
