Elderly Dutch mother moved to the UK - Pension Credit?

McKneff

How 'small' is her Netherlands pension.

FBaby

bankhater_1965 wrote: »

whilst alot of people would agree with you on this , instead of blaming the lady dont you think you should be blaming the imberseals that are governing the country instead, if the lady is entilted to come over here and claim pc dont slam her slam the goverment for letting it happen,and if you are a polictical voter blame yourself

There are also many EEA workers in England contributing 40% of their salary, some that iwill nevitably go towards some born English people too lazy to work... no-one complains about them though...

AndyEaston

McKneff wrote: »

How 'small' is her Netherlands pension.

About £100 / month. I am trying to find out whether she is entitled to more as this seems too little. She hasn't worked since the late 60s (bringing up me and looking after my father).

pmlindyloo

The reason I am suggesting that you get professional advice is because of the question of your mum being a 'qualifying person'. She is a 'qualifying person' because she is self sufficient. Being self sufficient means that she would not have to rely on public funds while she is resident here.

Now how long that is for I do not know.

As regards Pension Credit - has your mum got a NI number? (would need one to claim Pension Credit.

Sorry, I am not trying to be negative about this.

The fact that you are her son (yes?) and a British citizen may also make a difference.

Hope you get some answers!

PS Was only thinking of AA since she is elderly and could possibly have care needs and it might be a benefit that she would be eligible for. Not intended as an insult to the older person (I'm one myself!)

[Deleted User]

As much as bricleggs post was blunt, i think they do have a point, to a degree. I wouldnt expect people to move to other countries, not contribute and then expect to be looked after by the state.

Surely within the EU a Dutch pension would be payable wherever you live? Plenty of UK nationals live overseas and have their pensions paid to them, why would Netherlands be different?

pmlindyloo

camelot1971 wrote: »

As much as bricleggs post was blunt, i think they do have a point, to a degree. I wouldnt expect people to move to other countries, not contribute and then expect to be looked after by the state.

Surely within the EU a Dutch pension would be payable wherever you live? Plenty of UK nationals live overseas and have their pensions paid to them, why would Netherlands be different?

The OP's mother is receiving her Dutch Pension here.:)

mynameistallulah

pmlindyloo wrote: »

The OP's mother is receiving her Dutch Pension here.:)

The Dutch benefits system for working age people is far more generous than ours, so I would expect the equivalent for those over working age would be equally so. Hence, it does not appear that the lady is receiving her full entitlement from her home country, so this should be the first avenue for the OP to explore.

Dunroamin

FBaby wrote: »

There are also many EEA workers in England contributing 40% of their salary, some that iwill nevitably go towards some born English people too lazy to work... no-one complains about them though...

Whilst agreeing with your sentiments, nobody pays 40% of their salary in tax, whether British or otherwise.

bankhater_1965

FBaby wrote: »

There are also many EEA workers in England contributing 40% of their salary, some that iwill nevitably go towards some born English people too lazy to work... no-one complains about them though...

most of them jobs you quote will be the minimum wage jobs that the english people dont take because there financaily worse off if they do ,

princessdon

Dunroamin wrote: »

Whilst agreeing with your sentiments, nobody pays 40% of their salary in tax, whether British or otherwise.

Maybe not intially - but after NI, Tax on Savings, VAT, Fuel Tax etc it is likely to be higher.

My OH was a contractor for a while (with a brolly) and after the two sets of NI and tax his monthly take home was 64% of gross salary. So tax and NI was pretty close the 40%.