best country for benifits?

prosaver

I was thinking in the future, that i might sign on abroad.. does anyone who has done it? And which country gives you the most money?

prosaver

germany sounds good and ..i quote A person can earn an extra €165 a month, working less than 15 hours, without it affecting their benefit.:T

zagfles

I think you'll find Germany's benefit system is mainly contribution based ie you need to have paid in (via NI or their equivalent) to get much out. Same for most of Europe. The UK is one of the most generous countries for working age benefits.

tomtontom

Ireland has a generous system if you have previously been in work, but as with other countries you need to have paid sufficient contributions (PRSI) to qualify. The benefit is time limited and the country has a high rate of unemployment - not a place I'd recommend for resettlement.

HappyMJ

prosaver wrote: »

I was thinking in the future, that i might sign on abroad.. does anyone who has done it? And which country gives you the most money?

prosaver wrote: »

germany sounds good and ..i quote A person can earn an extra €165 a month, working less than 15 hours, without it affecting their benefit.:T

The UK is much better. UK pays more than most other countries but the UK does have higher living costs. All you need to do is find a cheap area in which to live but isn't too much of a lower socio-economic area so that you do have some chance of finding work.

If you want to do just a little work in the UK you can work less than 16 hours a week as a self employed sole trader and as long as you make sure the profit you get isn't any more than £5 per week it will not affect your benefits.

teddysmum

prosaver wrote: »

I was thinking in the future, that i might sign on abroad.. does anyone who has done it? And which country gives you the most money?

This reads as though you intend to live off benefits, paid for by people who work, instead of working yourself.


I doubt any country, other than this stupid one, would welcome someone just coming along for benefits, with no intention of working.

Marktheshark

Hundreds of thousands of the worlds worst layabouts are trying to get here.
Thousands a night line ferry ports and truck stops of France having travelled across the globe.
That should tell you which country looks after layabouts the best.
Ask the professional layabouts of the world.

mel48rose

teddysmum wrote: »

this reads as though you intend to live off benefits, paid for by people who work, instead of working yourself.


I doubt any country, other than this stupid one, would welcome someone just coming along for benefits, with no intention of working.

:t :t :t :t :t

tomtontom

Marktheshark wrote: »

Hundreds of thousands of the worlds worst layabouts are trying to get here.
Thousands a night line ferry ports and truck stops of France having travelled across the globe.
That should tell you which country looks after layabouts the best.
Ask the professional layabouts of the world.

"Layabout" and "travelled across the globe" are more than a little contradictory! :rotfl:

prosaver

no i was thinking of having ,like a sort of gap year from life... im 51 years old and in a change of my life (divorce and all that) ..I mean why not?
tenerife sounds good but not sure about it being not in the eu and all that.

Voyager2002

prosaver wrote: »

no i was thinking of having ,like a sort of gap year from life... im 51 years old and in a change of my life (divorce and all that) ..I mean why not?
tenerife sounds good but not sure about it being not in the eu and all that.

You know that you are talking about early retirement? A man in his 50s who has not worked for a year is highly unlikely to be offered another job -- ever.