Confirm entitlement
Identify the decision, Social Security registration, S1 recognition or other document on which access is based.
- Entitlement basis identified
- Recognition document or receipt retained
- Every family member checked
Check the regional process
Use the official health-service page for your autonomous community. Local names, forms and appointment routes vary.
- Correct regional service located
- Online or in-person route confirmed
- Assigned health centre checked
Prepare the usual evidence
The exact list is regional, but identity, entitlement and local residence evidence commonly matter.
- Identity document
- Entitlement evidence
- Padrón certificate where requested
- NIE or residence document where requested
Ask what happens while waiting
A card may arrive after entitlement is recognised. Ask how appointments and prescriptions are handled during the administrative gap.
- Submission receipt kept
- Temporary access arrangements checked
- Medication and clinical reports available