Based abroad

In order to sign this agreement, the following requirements must be met:

• Being a civil servant or employee of international intergovernmental organisations.
• Not holding the status of a civil servant in the Spanish Public Administration which would result in inclusion in any of the schemes forming part of the Social Security System.
• Holding Spanish nationality.
• Being resident outside the country.
• Having a Social Security Number.

No contribution period is required prior to applying for the special agreement.

An application to join this special scheme may be submitted within one year of the date on which the applicant began providing services as a civil servant or employee of an intergovernmental international organisation headquartered outside Spanish territory.

The application for subscription can be submitted by any of the means indicated in the section "Registration, deregistration or change of data of the special agreement" in the section "Special Agreement Procedures and Formalities".

The starting date of this special agreement will depend on when the application for registration is submitted:

• If the application for registration is submitted within 90 calendar days of the date on which the applicant began providing services as a civil servant or employee of international intergovernmental organisations based outside Spanish territory, the applicant may choose between the following dates:

• • From the day the application for registration was submitted.
  • From the date on which they commence providing services as a civil servant or as an employee of international intergovernmental organisations based outside Spanish territory. If no choice is made, the latter shall be the effective date.

• If the application for registration is submitted outside the 90 calendar days following the date of commencement of services, the commencement date of the agreement shall be from the date of submission of the application for registration.

This special agreement shall be terminated for any of the causes established in the ordinary special agreement, except for non-payment within the regulatory period, in which case it shall be terminated for non-payment of the quotas corresponding to two consecutive quarters.

• When they are made through the "Registration in special agreement" service available at the Social Security e-Office, the applications must be accompanied by the documentation described in the "Attached documentation" section of the aforementioned service.
• When formulated through the submission of Form TA.0040 - Application for registration/ change of data/deregistration/suspension/resumption of the special agreement, the applications must be accompanied by the documentation described in the instructions of the aforementioned form.
  

• Article 14 of Order TAS/2865/2003, of 18 October, which regulates the special agreement in the Social Security System.
• In all matters not established in the aforementioned article, the provisions of Chapter I of Order TAS/2865/2003 of 13 October on the regularisation of the ordinary special agreement, shall apply.
  

The deadline for deciding on the application to sign this special agreement is that established in general for applications to sign up to this ordinary special agreement.