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Voyager2002

krisskross wrote: »

If they were to go to Spain it would take a minimum of 6 months to go through the residency process. Quite a performance and the required documentation changes on what seems like a daily basis. Although one has the right to work, in practice to be a legal worker in Spain is very difficult. Fluent Spanish is needed. We lived there for several years and never heard of a British person successfully claiming benefits of any sort except healthcare.

Yes: if they lived anywhere in the EU outside the UK they would have to support themselves. And I would hate to have to find a job in Spain, including assembling all the required paperwork (and my Spanish is pretty fluent). Although English teachers seem to have an easy time.

dmg24

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Yes. Freedom of movement, for EU nationals and their family members, is enshrined in EU law. In the same way, a Polish woman could bring her Pakistani husband to live in the UK without hassles, and absolutely without paying any visa fees.

I knew about free movement (I hated EU Law but it was somehow my best mark!), but didn't realise that it could be used as a loophole. Interesting!

Paul_Varjak

I think it worth reading this leaflet on what is meant by NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/residency/publicfunds.pdf

Voyager2002

Paul_Varjak wrote: »

I think it worth reading this leaflet on what is meant by NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS:

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/residency/publicfunds.pdf

Thank you for posting that.

However, the leaflet is somewhat misleading since it gives the impression that the OP could run into immigration problems as a result of claiming tax credits and/or child benefit, which is not the case since she is a British citizen.

Paul_Varjak

Voyager2002 wrote: »

Thank you for posting that.

However, the leaflet is somewhat misleading since it gives the impression that the OP could run into immigration problems as a result of claiming tax credits and/or child benefit, which is not the case since she is a British citizen.

I agree it is rather misleading/ambiguous and I was in two minds whether to post the link. I find the table at the end almost incomprensible, in fact as there seems umpteen ways to interpret what they are trying to say and I am English. For someone whose first language is not English it is probably impossible.

I must say I was most impressed with your posts, it made things so much clearer to me.