Reside in Europe
Information on healthcare, schooling, free movement and other procedures in the European Union and other European countries
The free movement of people
As an EU citizen, when transferring your residence to another country in the Union, you must know what rights you have, what the administrative procedures are prior to your departure, as well as the legal and institutional framework of the destination country.
The free movement of people is a fundamental principle guaranteed by the European Union. Every person residing in the EU has the right to move to another Member State or to live, study, work, settle or provide a service in it without being discriminated against on the grounds of nationality.
You have the right to receive the same treatment as the citizens of the country of destination, in aspects such as access to employment, schooling for your children, Social Security benefits, etc.
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Living conditions in the countries of the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland (taxes, health system, educational system, Social Security, pensions, health card, etc.).
Eures
The European portal for professional mobility of the European Commission.
Movilidad internacional
Chapter of the Labor Guide of the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy.
ICEX
General information, by country, of the ICEX (Network of Economic and Commercial Offices of Spain Abroad), as well as the economic structure and political framework of the countries.
Fichas-país del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación
They report on multiple aspects of countries around the world.
Recomendaciones de viaje del Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Unión Europea y Cooperación
Files, by country
Consult the files on residing in the different countries of Europe.
The European Economic Area is made up of the EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Many of the rights granted to citizens of the European Union apply to both these countries and Switzerland.
Free movement and procedures in the European Union
Social Security and healthcare
The European Union lacks a Social Security system common to all its States. The coexistence of different Social Security systems in the EU has given rise to community policies that have promoted their coordination and harmonization.
In this section we detail what the Union's coordination in this matter consists of, what rules apply, what your rights are in terms of health care, maternity and paternity, pensions, disability, unemployment, family benefits and other issues that interest you. know when settling in another EU country.
Coordination of Social Security in the European Union
Social Security coverage of EU citizens living and working in a country other than their own
Transfer of the Spanish unemployment benefit
Departments and sections of employment and Social Security of Spain abroad
See health coverage for European citizens in European Union countries if you live abroad.
In temporary stays, the European sanitary card allows the beneficiary to access national health systems in the EU, the European Economic Area and Switzerland under the same conditions as nationals of those countries.
What is the European Health Insurance Card?
Obtain the European Health Card
Information on health care for citizens of Madrid during their temporary trips abroad
schooling
If you are moving to another EU or European Economic Area country with school-age children, you will want to know how to find a school for them.
As EU citizens, your children have the right to be educated on equal terms with the nationals of the country to which you move.
In the country-tokens On this website you can find links to the different educational systems, to the procedures for the validation of degrees and to the centers that the Spanish Ministry of Education has abroad.
Go to school in another EU country
Description of European education systems
Offices and centers of the Spanish Ministry of Education abroad
Validation and homologation of foreign non-university studies and qualifications
Validation and homologation of foreign university studies and degrees
European country sheets
