786 Information on Pensions/Medical cover for non-resident Italians

Hi Folks,

I am trying to work out what the rights/cover would be for my mother as an Italian citizen were she to move to Ireland or Italy??

She has lived and worked in South Africa but is now considering relocating here, we would in all likelihood remain in Ireland for another year or two before making the move to Italy and I am curious to know what sort of benefits/medical cover she would be eligible for as an Italian citizen.

If anyone can advise I would be grateful.

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/15/2005 - 04:19

I think that as soon as she moves to Italy and she becames [SIZE=3]residente [/SIZE] she will be covered by the mutua. You will hav eto work out if she is entitled to any pensione. The best thing to do is for you to contact the italian Consolato where you live, they will have all the detail information, it is their job!!!!

Best of luck

Paola

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/15/2005 - 06:08

Sano…

The Servizio Sanitario Nazionale provides free healthcare to residents. For non-residents I think there is a fee to pay.

Health benefits are provided to visiting members of the EU, providing you have an E111 and the duration of your stay is not greater than 90 days. For stays of greater than 90 days you will need health insurance.

No entitlements are given to visiting non-EU citizens and health insurance will be required.

As far as pensions are concerned, there are a number of rules, which govern whether you qualify for benefits etc. Your best bet is to talk to your local pensions office to find out what the different options concerning benefit rights are. The Italian Consulate will only redirect you to them.

Additional information can be found on [url]www.informer.it[/url]

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/15/2005 - 06:52

[QUOTE=Charles Joseph]
Health benefits are provided to visiting members of the EU, providing you have an E111 and the duration of your stay is not greater than 90 days. For stays of greater than 90 days you will need health insurance.[/QUOTE]

Also a note for anyone who has an E111, form E111 has changed since last year and anyone with an existing E111 will need to obtain a new form. The forms used to be issued "for life" so anyone who has one may not be aware of the need to fill out a new one, since publicity seems to have been poor. I've also been told that the form will change yet again in the near future.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/15/2005 - 07:31

Anyone who has a new E111 form will automatically be sent the new one which is, I believe a card. The form lasts until the end of 2005 and after that, the new ones will be sent out. We only found out about the new form when changing money at the Post Office. There has been no publicity as far as I can tell.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 07/15/2005 - 08:47

[QUOTE=janie]Anyone who has a new E111 form will automatically be sent the new one which is, I believe a card. The form lasts until the end of 2005 and after that, the new ones will be sent out. We only found out about the new form when changing money at the Post Office. There has been no publicity as afar as I can tell.[/QUOTE]

We already have the card system here in Ireland - does make life much easier.

The news of this has also been spread by word of mouth, nothing official has, to my knowledge, been circulated.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 07/23/2005 - 07:55

When we applied for the latest E111 back in sept 04 we were told that the application for new cards will be automatically started. We have just received the new cards they will be valid from 1st Sept 05. The old paper E111 will be still valid until dec 05