Health insurance All international students must have a valid life and health insurance. For EU citizens – at least European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is required. Your life and health insurance policy has to ensure at least the following costs related to health care services: • • • •
emergency medical assistance; treatment of aggravated chronic illness; transport to the closest medical facility providing the services mentioned above; transportation costs to return the patient to his/her country of residence in the event of a serious illness or death.
For students who apply for the residence permit or long-term visa the minimum limit of insurer’s risk of own account indicated in the policy should not be less than EUR 42 600, it must be valid in Latvia (for exchange students, for the entire Schengen area), and for the period of student’s stay in Latvia. If the validity date of the policy expires during student’s stay in Latvia, the existing policy must be extended or a new policy purchased. Insurance companies providing health insurance policies according to the above mentioned requirements: Gjensidige (www.gjensidige.lv), BTA (www.bta.lv), AON (www.aon.com/latvia), etc.
Vaccination No mandatory vaccinations are required for entering Latvia. If student plans on hiking in the countryside or in the forests between March and October, a vaccine against tick-borne encephalitis is advisable.
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