Girlfriend moved here, entitled to anything?

fredandwilma

barbarawright wrote: »

Thanks for that. OP's girlfriends needs to get herself down the jobcentre as soon as possible. She needs to do this anyway to get a National Insurance number.

If only?



http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/work/ni-uk.htm#a



http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/nic/work/ni-uk.htm



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EEA rules mean that if you do not hold an A1, E101 or E102 you will be required to register for a National Insurance number and pay National Insurance contributions on the same basis as a person who normally lives and works here

zagubov

barbarawright wrote: »

Thanks for that. OP's girlfriends needs to get herself down the jobcentre as soon as possible. She needs to do this anyway to get a National Insurance number.

Hmmmmm. The whole premiss of this reads like a wind-up.

A Swiss-Dutch person could easily be fluent in more languages than a high-performing Premier/SPL footie team, so the idea they'll need welfare to support themsleves / have trouble getting at least some job in a major tourist centre to fund their stay seems far-fetched to me.;)

Dunroamin

clemmatis wrote: »

I said, rules.

Unfortunately, some people don't realise that rules can be theoretical.

clemmatis

zagubov wrote: »

Hmmmmm. The whole premiss of this reads like a wind-up.

Such posts frequently are. Their posters know "entitlement" and "benefits" are enough to enrage some forum members; "Europe", added, lights the blue touch paper.

barbarawright

zagubov wrote: »

Hmmmmm. The whole premiss of this reads like a wind-up.

A Swiss-Dutch person could easily be fluent in more languages than a high-performing Premier/SPL footie team, so the idea they'll need welfare to support themsleves / have trouble getting at least some job in a major tourist centre to fund their stay seems far-fetched to me.;)

Whatever her employment status, she still needs to sort out a National Insurance number.

Poppie68

The girlfriend might be entitled to claim unemployment benefit from Switzerland while she is in the UK..if she was claiming before leaving and can show her home country she is looking for work in the UK.

Also op she is not entitled to contribution based JSA and to claim JSA income based she would have to as already pointed out have the right to reside in the UK and be habitually resident.

She would be better off looking extensively for any job she can find as she is not going to get any money quickly from the UK benefit system.

Her moving over here was'nt really very well thought out was it?

Voyager2002

Poppie68 wrote: »

The girlfriend might be entitled to claim unemployment benefit from Switzerland while she is in the UK..if she was claiming before leaving and can show her home country she is looking for work in the UK.

Also op she is not entitled to contribution based JSA and to claim JSA income based she would have to as already pointed out have the right to reside in the UK and be habitually resident.

People who are working, or looking for work, do have the "right to reside" although they lose this if they can't find work within six months.

It should be fairly easy for her to pass the habitual residency test if she understands the implications of the questions.

The real killer is that she is living with the OP, who does have some kind of income, so any means-tested benefit she would receive would be so low as to make it not worth the bother of applying.