Paphos Life

Hello you lovely people. My husband and I have our S1 and Cyprus medical card. We have submitted these documents to gesy but to no avail. PLEASE ANY HELP .

I had those documents when I registered.. But I took them to my chosen GP and they did everything for me

trevnhil wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 5:28 pm I had those documents when I registered.. But I took them to my chosen GP and they did everything for me

me too.

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Have you sent a copy of your White Medical Card? The online application makes no mention of this in the checklist of things to send, but unless you get one and send a copy, your application will remain in limbo.

Hi lovely people, thanks but have tried doing what you have all done ,but got no where. They are now telling us we cannot register with gesy because we need to have permanent residency. As we have lived here for only 18 months. We have to wait 3 years for that .so we have to renew our temporary residency for 3 years while we wait. So that's why they say we cannot join gesy.Any help or suggestions welcome

Sadly it seems there is no way around these rules...
"Who is eligible for Gesy in Cyprus?
If you are a resident of the government controlled areas you are a GHS beneficiary if a) you are employed, or b) you have acquired permanent residence status, or c) you have been granted refugee or supplementary protection status, or d) you are a member of the family of a beneficiary or e) you are insured in another EU country"

Brexit, don't you love it? Not.

You don't say who has said that you have to have permanent residency. Pre Brexit & pre Gesy you didn't have to have permanent residency to get the white medical card if you had the the old equivalent of the S1 but it could be different now.
Have you tried to register using the following document?
I don't know if you will be able to open this link but if not Google "gesy registration with S1" & it will come up with the General Health System (GHS) ENROLMENT PROCESS - A STEP BY STEP GUIDE FOR NON–CYPRIOT NATIONALS
file:///C:/Users/User/OneDrive/Documents/Documents/Health/20190402%20ENROLMENT_GUIDE_NONCY_FINAL.pdf

Mandria 6 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 2:27 pm Hello you lovely people. My husband and I have our S1 and Cyprus medical card. We have submitted these documents to gesy but to no avail. PLEASE ANY HELP .

Why do you need to register with Gesy when you have your medical card?
Thought if you’d got your S1 & medical card then that was all you needed after pensionable age? Or have things changed?

Yes things have changed.
You need to register with Gesy to be put on the computer system, all your records etc will be on that system and all prescriptions and appointments will be put on it. All Drs, hospitals, clinics and surgery's use this system.
I remember we had to obtain our MEU3's to be eligible to join Gesy, that usually means 5 years in Cyprus from first registration with immigration.
The OP will need to get private insurance until they obtain permanent residency.