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  • Lady_gaga wrote: »
    will he not have to be up to date with taxes etc there for that to happen? he wasn't working for the last year

    He would have to have been 'legal' in Spain to be able to claim anything there. Their equivalent to our NI is a lot of money a month (about £200) so there are many many ex-pats who survive doing a bit of work cash in hand on the black market so to speak.
  • Oldernotwiser
    Oldernotwiser Posts: 37,425 Forumite
    edited 21 September 2011 at 4:56PM
    Was he working when he lived in Spain and contributing to the Spanish system?
  • dseventy wrote: »
    He has not contributed to his "mother land" for the past 5 years, what do you expect it to do?

    You allude to "other people" , are you talking about people coming to this country with no means of supporting themselves and expecting the state to look after them? Sound like anyone familiar? Even his family won't look after him!



    He needs to make an appointment at the CAB or Job Centre+.

    Or get a job?

    D70
    HiI was not saying that i was going to put him on the streets i was meaning that if he had not had anywhere to go he would have been on the streets thank you. and his family are looking after him but i can only do somuch too..
    At the moment he has been looking for work and hopes to have a job next week with a agency so that will help him. He dose intened to work and is doing alot more than alot of other people do. He has never clamed in his life befor here or out there. His mum and dad looked after hime when he was haveing his treatment and the time he was there but there is only somuch they can do too on a pension ( sorry about spelling )he worked the whole time he was out there and it was leagle too thank you. I thought this was a place to help others not pull them to bits?:mad: all i asked was some advice an got all this thank you
  • So sorry to other people that have helped Thank you very much.x
  • Jemma-T
    Jemma-T Posts: 1,546 Forumite
    You shouldn't be so sensitive!

    It was you taking shots at people that made people make a few honest and pertinent comments. That is being helpful. People pointing the finger at other people has caused these laws to come into being. We are reaping what we sow.

    Anyone who's a UK citizen has the right to live here. If people want to roam around the world and not pay UK tax or be part of the British society then that's fine. But don't expect that same society to pay for you when you get bored or can't be bothered to live in your new host country (for any reason).

    Your nephew is most welcome on these shores but he'll have join in first before we start paying for him.

    Get him to go to his local advice centre and make sure he is registered as unemployed (signing on at least), registered with a local GP and everything else a person should be doing.
  • Hi again. He is with a dr and has a bank account too. And is now working too so just to say thank you for your help anyway. :T
  • von
    von Posts: 541 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi, it looks as if my (late) advice is no longer needed as he has found work but if he still has time and the fortitude he could appeal against the decision quoting the decision made by the Commissioner in Swaddling v CAO (Chief Adjudicating Officer) 1999 the outcome of which was that when deciding whether the claimant is resuming previous residence the DM should take account of the length and continuity of the previous residence in the CTA (common travel area which include the member states of the EU), his employment history in the other Member State and whether the claimant has maintained sufficient links with the previous residence to be said to be resuming it rather than commencing a new period of residence e.g. The claimant, a UK national, lived and worked in UK before moving to Germany where he worked for several years. He was made redundant and having failed to find work in Germany for three months he returned to the UK where he had family and friends. On claiming JSA(IB) he stated that his intention was to find work and remain permanently in the UK (sound familiar) JSA was awarded immediately because he was resuming a previous habitual residence.
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