A lot of people living in Poland (and even other European countries) doesn’t know about this card, EKUZ, which allows you to use the public health care system of any EU/EFTA Member.
As we are in Europe and we are constantly traveling around, it is good to have also this coverage just in case of an emergency.
How to request?
There are two ways:
- You can find in your city the “Centrum Obsługi Ubezpieczonych NFZ” and they will help you. I didn’t do this way, as I try to do everything online 🙂
OR - Using ePuap if you have a trusted profile. I used this one to renew mine.
- You can do it online. And here are the step-by-step how to do it:
- Printout the form pdf
Check for more details in the official website here. - Fill in page 1 like the sample below, page 2 and 3 are not needed to be filled in.
- Scan the form in pdf (I used google drive app for it), scan all pages.
- Send the form to ekuz@nfz.gov.pl
- Send it asking them to create the EKUZ card based on the pdf attached
- Don’t forget to attach the file
- Send it asking them to create the EKUZ card based on the pdf attached
- Wait some days, then you will receive it at home. For me, it took exactly 20 days to come.
- Printout the form pdf
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