Make the substitute provisional certificate in Spain

If among some of your plans is to travel and go to a nation, which is a member of the European space or also Switzerland and, due to any adversity in life, you do not have or do not have time to request a European sanitary cardyou will need to apply for a Substitute Provisional Certificate.

This process is easier in terms of time, compared to the European Health Insurance Card and will be extremely useful when your trip does not have a lot of time beforehand to carry out procedures and request documents.

What is the substitute provisional certificate?

It is a personal document, which is requested by people in Spain when they cannot obtain a European Health Card, the objective of this certificate is to allow Spaniards to obtain health care benefits in any European country where they are, on the same condition as the Residents of the country where they are going, regardless of whether it is a business or tourist trip.

It’s a document clearly non-transferable and personalfor your beneficiaries to enjoy their benefits, they must be granted an extension.

It should be noted that this document is entirely freeno fee is charged during the application and acquisition process.

When should you apply for CPS?

The Substitute Provisional Certificate is requested only in cases where people cannot obtain a European Health Insurance Card and need to show a specific document in the country they intend to travel to.

It must also be requested when the person’s trip is sudden and cannot be cancelled, which would not allow time to apply for the European Health Insurance Card.

Who can request this certificate?

They can only enjoy the benefits of this certificate the people who are Effective of this right and their favored as long as they collect all the conditions required by Spanish lawwhich is governed by the Community Social Security Regulations.

How valid is the CPS?

This certificate is granted, mainly within a period of 30 days or less.

The certificate delivered over the Internet may be valid for 30 days, if the person requires a longer one (6 months), they must attend the Provincial Services offices that are adapted to issue this document.

There they must give justification, delivering the documents required to carry out this process and demonstrate the reason why they need their certificate to have a longer period of validity.

Before traveling it is It is extremely important to verify that the certificate covers the days that people will be abroadsince if it does not cover them, it would be better to request a new card which will fully ensure full coverage of your days abroad.

The certificate during the time of valid use, is kept conditional and its troops and favored persons must maintain the conditions in its period of use. If someone came to use it incorrectly, it must assume the cost of all medical assistance requiredand the government can collect any amount received improperly, this is approved by Royal Legislative Decree.

This will not be valid if the trip is made purely with the purpose and objective of receiving some medical assistance abroad, if this were the issue, the social security institute must make a favorable report and then a form.

How to request it?

This certificate can be requested in person, by telephone and via on-line.

in person

People can go directly to any site and Social Security service center authorized for this process, for which days before they must make an appointment. Another option in person is to go to any of the Provincial Directorates of the Social Institute of the Navy, the latter only when it is necessary to deliver documents that certify the right to export these health benefits, also when the trip is sudden and cannot be to delay.

Via telephone

One of the easiest ways is to request it by telephone, through the telephone security service provided by social security at the disposal and hand of the citizens who require the service. You must contact the number 901 16 65 65 which belongs to pensions and various other benefits to request your certificate, you just have to dial the indicated number from the place where you are.

Via Online

The request can be made via the Internet, only if you are requesting it in cash and holder of the document, which must have access to the social security page, having a digital certificate, which assures the person that the diligence carried out is totally safe and secret.

Regardless of which of the two cases is involved, this certificate will be obtained almost instantly, but the advantage of going in person is that it can be delivered to you the same day you attend according to your scheduled appointment, when requesting it online you will be given the option to print it wherever you are.

Citizens can request it at:

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In this way, the procedure can be required 24 hours a day, regardless of what day of the year it is, it is obtained through a digital certificate number, DNI or email, it can also be required through MUFACE telephone Apps or any means indicated in articles 16 of law 39 of 2015.

In any of the forms mentioned above, the citizen can request his Substitute Provisional Certificate and if he already has his own, he can request that of his beneficiaries, he is also allowed to give authorization to his beneficiaries who are of legal age to that you can make future requests in your name, if this is the case, MUFACE must demand the original authorization that must be written by the person authorizing, it must contain the name and affiliation number as well as the name and ID of the authorized person.

Requirements

It is only required to access with your identification number which will direct you to your social security page.

Indicate your address.

Complete all the information that the online application requires.

Keep your tax address updated to match your social security address.

Procedure

An application must first be made through the Electronic Registry to issue the Provisional Substitute Certificate. You do this by entering the following page:

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You must click where it says «request for certificates > provisional substitute»

Then, you must supply your data.

After completing this task, a user is created plus a fixed code or password that can guarantee good security of your account, followed by this the page will send an SMS to your cell phone with a special security code to validate the registration.

You must enter the province in which you want to carry out all the processing of your document and where you want to direct your request.

Due to security measures, your session will have a limited time to remain open, if this time expires and your process has not yet finished, you must log in again and start until the procedures are finished.

As a fixed and general rule, all the documentation attached to this request cannot exceed 5mb of memory.

At the end of all this procedure, you will be given an appointment to the province that you chose, there you must attend the day that is indicated, you must take with you all the documentation that supports your trip and data provided by you, if everything is in order and If correct, you will be given your Provisional Substitute Certificate.

In the rare case in which you do not receive a message confirming your document, or any message indicating an error, the person must carry out the procedure at another time or also do it by different means.

In which countries will the certificate serve me?

This certificate is valid in several countries such as Austria, Germany, Bulgaria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Slovakia, Estonia, Slovenia, France, Finland, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Iceland, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland , Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Sweden.

Some of the countries in the list can establish some systems of return of capital or partial payments, due to this the certificate staff have to investigate in this regard before making any type of trip where they require the use of this document.

On the conditions imposed by each country in what provides health care, because the rules in the destination country will be applied to visitors as well as to residents.

When a holder of Substitute Provisional Certificate If you receive aid in a country that has a reimbursement-based regime, you can request that the amount paid be reimbursed, of course being in accordance with the regulations provided.

We hope this information has been useful to you! Greetings.