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Applying for Residency

I am moving to Spain in the near future and will obviously need answers to questions that expats are probably best palced to answer.  I intend to apply for residency  and  I have been given the following information. 

You need to apply in the police station a certificate of residency for which you need to have a private insurance for obtaining it such bupa (sanitas is the equivalent or any other. This will cost you around 50 pounds a month. 

My question is "Do I need to have medical insurance to apply to be a resident in Spain?

Hi

You maybe asked to provide proof of it .See link below.This is a very informative site for immigrants to Spain.

http://costadelsol.angloinfo.com/information/moving/residency/eu-citizens/#financial means

Good luck

Regards

Hi Nigel

Thanks for this as most of the litrature or advice I had been given ( Mainly from estate agents suggested that medical insurance was not an essential prerequisite for attaining residency.  Also the 16% budget I had been advised to put asisde for expenses has risen to 21% to date. 

Thanks for your hep

Kind regards

Peter