Medical visa to Tenerife (Spain)

Medicine in Spain has earned a good reputation thanks to experienced, qualified specialists, high-tech clinics located in the resort areas of the country. All medical institutions have been certified and are under the close supervision of the Spanish Ministry of Health.

Features of a medical visa in Spain

If you need to go for treatment, you need a medical visa to Spain. The visa differs from the usual one in that instead of providing documents for booking a hotel, you need to invite the clinic that receives the patient. 

A medical visa for treatment in Spain can be:

• Category C, if the period of stay in the country is less than 3 months;
• Category D, which is called national, allows you to stay in the country for more than 90 days.

A person traveling for treatment may need to be accompanied, and the accompanying person must have an appropriate package of documents, the main of which confirms the relationship with the patient.

A medical visa to Spain is not required to rest at balneological resorts, thermal and mineral springs, for which the island is famous.

Requirements for documents

A medical visa to Spain is usually issued without any difficulties. The process of applying for a medical visa to Spain begins with an invitation letter from a clinic that is ready to accept a patient. It is necessary to discuss the diagnosis and expected prognosis for recovery, to discuss the conditions for the accompanying person and the means of transportation of the patient, and, if necessary, to pay part of the bill for the upcoming treatment.

A medical visa for treatment in Spain is issued upon submission of the following documents:

• A doctor of the accepted clinic confirms in writing that all payment issues have been resolved.
• 2 color high-quality photographs taken relatively recently and in accordance with certain requirements. One photo must be pasted on the form submitted by the applicant.
• An invitation letter from the clinic. It indicates the length of stay for treatment.
• An international passport. It must have at least two blank pages, be issued no more than 10 years ago, and be valid for another 3 months after returning home.
• The applicant must sign the application for a permit in person.
• General civilian passport.
• Medical insurance.
• A document confirming that round-trip airline tickets are booked. In severe cases, with unknown prognoses, one-way booking is possible with the permission of the receiving clinic.
• Bank receipts confirming that the client's account has the amount of money to cover his/her expenses.
• Certificates from a local medical institution confirming the diagnosis and the need for treatment.
• Guarantees of returning to the country (papers for real estate, property, etc.).

For an accompanying person:

• Passports - domestic and foreign.
• A certificate from the receiving institution confirming that the patient needs to be accompanied.
• Insurance.
• Documents confirming the booking of accommodation for the required period.
• Copies of round-trip airline tickets.

The embassy may change the list of documents and request additional papers at its discretion. A medical visa to Spain is always issued urgently within 3 days, in case of a patient's critical condition - within 1 day.

Medical visa to Spain for minors

Persons under the age of 18 may also need a medical visa to Spain.

The following documents must be attached to the standard package of documents:

• A document confirming the parents' consent to the child's departure (if the child is traveling unaccompanied or with relatives);
• A person under 14 years of age presents a birth certificate;
• A copy of the foreign passport of one of the parents;
• If the child is accompanied by one of the parents, the other parent must have a written permission certified by a notary.