Daughter absolutely potless dont know where to turn

dundeediva

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Some people are trying to help

sleepless_saver

OP, there was a lot of good practical advice about establishing habitual residence in a previous thread that you posted. It still applies.

zzzLazyDaisy

OP has your Daughter actually completed the forms to claim Habitual Residence as a UK Citizen?

Has her husband, as an EEU citizen married to a UK Citizen made a formal application for Habitual Residence?

Read this information here

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/benefits_e/benefits_coming_from_abroad_and_claiming_benefits_hrt/benefits_the_habitual_residence_test_introduction/who_has_to_take_the_habitual_residence_test_hrt.htm


The right to claim benefits does not happen automatically, she has to go through the correct procedures. I suggest that she gets some professional help and assistance. The CAB may be a good place to start.

skintandscared_2

Sorry I don't understand why they came to the UK from Spain. They had no money there, but they have none here either. If your daughter is taking care of the kids, the only one of them who can feasibly work is the father and he would stand a much better chance of getting a job in his home country.

Why did they come to the UK?

sleepless_saver

skintandscared wrote: »

Sorry I don't understand why they came to the UK from Spain. They had no money there, but they have none here either. If your daughter is taking care of the kids, the only one of them who can feasibly work is the father and he would stand a much better chance of getting a job in his home country.

Why did they come to the UK?

Possibly because unemployment rates in Spain for their age group are much higher than they are here?

FBaby

skintandscared wrote: »

Sorry I don't understand why they came to the UK from Spain. They had no money there, but they have none here either. If your daughter is taking care of the kids, the only one of them who can feasibly work is the father and he would stand a much better chance of getting a job in his home country.

Why did they come to the UK?

Because they thought here they would be entitled to everything by just showing up. Hence my previous advice that they go back to Spain since they have discovered that it is not the case.

Gentile

skintandscared wrote: »

Sorry I don't understand why they came to the UK from Spain. They had no money there, but they have none here either. If your daughter is taking care of the kids, the only one of them who can feasibly work is the father and he would stand a much better chance of getting a job in his home country.

Why did they come to the UK?

Daughter was probably 16 when she went to a exotic resort in Spain and got hitched up with a bar tender. Spain ran out of money ( probably gave away too much in benefits, anyway I digress ) and hence economy collapsed and the BF ended up with no job and no skill to get a job. The penny dropped and they were told by their mum, probably by reading the forums here, that they were "entitled" to a house, crisis loan and plenty of benefits since she was a british citizen. They upped sticks and came here only to realise that rules have been tightened up every so slightly.

I sympathise of course but being so young they should be out there finding work and trying to get the life sorted that way. The only good thing here is that she has her mum to look after her and provide her with a roof.

RAS

OP

Can I suggest that you check out the location of local food banks. That might help all of you in the very short-term.

If the hubbie's English is less good (not suggesting it is but if it is..), would it be better for your daughter to look for work in local shops/office and bars so at least one of them has some work?

Note the the EU has been challlenging the havbitual residence test, so it might be worth going to a large advice centre who know the current rules.

zzzLazyDaisy

And her mother/the children's grandmother is here, and she was raised here, so it might have seemed like a good idea at the time to come 'home'.

To be honest, their reasons why they are in this pickle are not really relevant. The fact is that they are here now, for whatever reason, and the question is what do they do from here.

I am not an immigration expert, but from a quick read, it seems that a UK citizen married to an EU citizen, with clear family links in UK and an intention to settle here permanently (assuming this is the case?) should be able to establish Habitual Residence, provided they provide the documentation and evidence referred to in the link that I posted above.

In my view she needs to see a real life adviser. CAB or local Law Centre would be a good place to start.

Tiglath

OP, if your daughter and partner both get jobs, can you care for the kids while they're working? If you can, then that's one less expense and you'd have their two incomes coming into the household. What are they doing in terms of looking for jobs?