Eligible for NHS IVF

[Sabnon]

Hi all, just a quick one.. Do we need to have british passport/ ILR to eligible for NHS IVF ? One of my friend is having a problem due to this as she doesnt have british passport but her husband does have.

[Lilli79]

Hi Sabnon i didn't think this would be an issue if she is married to a British person. I have an Irish passport but my husband is British. We had to show ID on both our rounds of ivf but could be any kind of recognised ID (eg. Driving licence). Perhaps if she is from outside EU it's different? I just thought you'd have to be a permanent resident in the UK

[Sabnon in reply to Lilli79]

Yea she is from outside EU. They were refered to hospital and the doc said that she have to have permanent passport to eligible for free IVF , which she is applying after 2 years . So basically doctor said that wait for 2 years for free IVF or either go privately 😞

[Lilli79 in reply to Sabnon]

I think on the forms we completed it might have said you have to be a permanent resident in the UK for at least 3 yrs. I've been here 20 yrs and been married for 6 yrs do it didn't really come up. I don't know much about it but it's usually the way unfortunately xx

[abcgirl in reply to Lilli79]

Perhaps it depends which region in the UK they are trying to get treatment. I’m in Scotland. My husband has a British passport and I have a EU passport. We were referred to the clinic and were referred to start IVF within a year of establishing residency here. (We started investigations in another country and had the paperwork to prove we had been trying before arriving in the Uk and they accepted that) Our passports didn’t seem to be an issue. I think we showed our passports once at the beginning. We might have had to show a bill or something to prove residency.

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Your friend would need to fulfil the criteria for any NHS non-emergency specialist treatment which means being considered “ordinarily resident” in the UK if she is from outside the EEA.

nhs.uk/NHSEngland/AboutNHSs...

[emmab178]

Probably an issue with residency status rather than nationality. And that can be checked through tax or national insurance records.

If that’s what the dr said then it’s probably right. She should also be aware the rules can change for better or worse at any time.

[abcgirl]

I would personally challenge the doctor on it and ask where that stipulation is written... and/or ask someone else. Maybe the NHS directly or the Local council. Doctors are only human and can make mistakes or misspeak as well. It could just be a clinic/hospital policy in which case you could try looking elsewhere if that’s an option.

[Balon]

Hello Sabnon.

I just wanted to know aboout ur friend. Is get ivf treatment .becouse I'm in same situation. I'm on spouse visa nd my hubby has ILR. Now next month I have oppointment nd they asked me for visa .hope we will be accept.

[Sabnon in reply to Balon]

Hi there, no she didnot get ivf treatment as they asked for the permanent resident. Now the gp has asked her to wait for another 2 years , may be after 2 years she will apply for citizen .

Goodluck to you xx

[Ghappy]

Morning I don’t in which visa situation it’s your friend. My husband and I from outside of EU We have a permanent residence card I’m in my 2 cycle of IVF/ ICSI.

[Sabnon in reply to Ghappy]

No she dont have a permanent citizen x

[Balon]

I'm from London.hubby is paying nation insurance nd Tax.i also paid my sure charge when I applied for uk visa .I got problem for concieving then go reffered me for fertility clinic where I got 7 cycles of Clomid with follicles tracking nd could be success at all.now that gyno reffered me for Reproductive center for ivf.im really in stress .

[Sabnon in reply to Balon]

All the best honey.

I know its so stressful. I have been through aswell. I wasnt concieving for more than 7 years but doctor referred me to hospital And luckily got pregant with my 1st IVF cycle. Now my baby is 3 months old 😇

[Balon]

Wow really great. Only ending should be happy ending .Thanks for ur good response on my post.

[Balon]

Sorry for more bothering .have u done in london?