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Originally Posted by Stravinsky
Hiya Maya
Yes you can of course voluntarily continue your payments in the UK which go towards your pension years. But as a Spanish resident you would no longer have been able legally to access thr National Health Sytem in the UK any more, so I'm afraid you were ill advised there.
The two years you paid will go towards your pension years though, and for some I think the number of years for a full UK pension is 30 years now.
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I have been researching this quite deeply and there are circumstances whereby you can be Spanish resident and still legally access the NHS. This is the case if you have an E106 issued by the UK whereby the NHS remains responsible for the health care of the holder, you can then return to the UK specifically for treatment and can contact the hospital directly to arrange treatment.
I have this in writing in an email from the Dept of Health.
It would also seem that you can still legally access the NHS if you are still paying compulsary Class 1 or Class 2 NICS and all you would need is proof of your employment although I have yet to get this confirmed in writing but anyhow if this was the case you could get an E106.