HELP: Job Seekers Benefits for EU Citizen Who Has Never Been a Resident?

LindsayO

Person_one wrote: »

Are you 100% sure she has dual nationality? I didn't think it was possible for US citizens.

Some Americans I know who live here are torn over whether to apply for citizenship as it would mean giving up their status and vote in the US.

I think the US government changed the regs on that, my Italian sister-in-law had to choose when she married her American husband, my children born in the US to American dad got to have both, my grandson has three passports as his Dad is Canadian, so he get US and UK from his mum and Canadian from his Dad

SarEl

Person_one wrote: »

Are you 100% sure she has dual nationality? I didn't think it was possible for US citizens.

Some Americans I know who live here are torn over whether to apply for citizenship as it would mean giving up their status and vote in the US.

Not necessarily. The USA discourages dual nationality, but it does not outlaw it, so it depends on the circumstances. However, holding a passport issued by two diffrent countries does not infer dual nationality. I have dual nationality - UK and USA - because I am married to an American, but having been born in the UK I cannot be forced to give up my UK citizenship. I also hold an Irish passport - which is my right as my parents (and previous generations) were born in the Republic - but I am not an Irish citizen. It is not uncommon amongst countries where there has been a high level of emmigration (and Greece is amongst these) to allow descendants of people from the original country the right to have a passport. It's about "identity" rather than citizenship

sharkie

I think one question would be why she left the country to come to the UK. I am of the opinion that if she left voluntarily, or just left her job or is on holiday, or decided to leave, she would not be given cash, or any entitlement. If she was exiled, or told to vacate the country then she would be able to claim.

however the rules may now have changed

Savvy_Sue

OK, to clarify the health cover bit: I think that if she had an EHIC card via her Greek nationality, she'd get free treatment at the time but the NHS would reclaim it from Greece. HOWEVER, unless the arrangements for getting an EHIC card are radically different in Greece and the UK, I can't see how she'd get one from Greece, because you can only get one in the UK if you've lived here long enough and paid NI contributions if you're an adult.

So, adequate health insurance is another 'must have' before she sets out. Even supposing she gets a job, it would be a while before she was entitled to free treatment on the NHS.

Any

Savvy_Sue wrote: »

OK, to clarify the health cover bit: I think that if she had an EHIC card via her Greek nationality, she'd get free treatment at the time but the NHS would reclaim it from Greece. HOWEVER, unless the arrangements for getting an EHIC card are radically different in Greece and the UK, I can't see how she'd get one from Greece, because you can only get one in the UK if you've lived here long enough and paid NI contributions if you're an adult.

So, adequate health insurance is another 'must have' before she sets out. Even supposing she gets a job, it would be a while before she was entitled to free treatment on the NHS.

Easily can be wildly different, as we for example don't have one NHS but many different "insurance" companies which you have ever since you are born. You can change between them if you want, but when you are born you automatically get the one that your mother is with (these get the paye deductions and then pay hospitals). It's a bit complicated to explain, but the point is that it is wildly different.

By the way I have never ever in the UK been asked to prove anything when I needed medical help. Though I have always worked and therefore had NI number.