best country for benifits?

prosaver

jeeezzee .....

NYM

joaorosa80 wrote: »

Well in Portugal the better benefit that you will get is the sun, but sooner you will find, that the sun is not everything.
A couple with one child will never get more that 35€=£25 per month and you don't have any right to working tax.

So how true is the article in the Telegraph...?

PORTUGAL
Health care - Free, available immediately
Child benefit - Monthly payment of up to £40
Unemployment benefit - Qualifying period of 180 days
Housing benefit - No equivalent scheme

Telegraph..Benefits in Europe Country by Country

joaorosa80

NYM wrote: »

So how true is the article in the Telegraph...?

PORTUGAL
Health care - Free, available immediately
Child benefit - Monthly payment of up to £40
Unemployment benefit - Qualifying period of 180 days
Housing benefit - No equivalent scheme

Telegraph..Benefits in Europe Country by Country[/URL]

Very careful with the information, as example:
Health care - Free, available immediately
Yes, if you get less of € 628,83 on average per aggregate. Even with that, you will need to pay a part of the prescriptions.
Child benefit - Monthly payment of up to £40
£40 is incorrect. Is 35,19€ per month if you get the minimum wage (505€). Normally after 650€ on average per aggregate you will get 0€
Unemployment benefit - Qualifying period of 180 days
You can have unemployment benefit during 150 days if you have less that 30 years, but increases depending of the age. Can go until 2 years of unemployment benefit if you have more than 50
Housing benefit - No equivalent scheme
If you don't have a way of paying the rent, simply you have to go back to the fathers house or emigrate

prosaver

Yes from the telegraph. .
i think its a bit risky ...maybe i should go on a expats website for more information

mel48rose

Better to get a job then eh and work for your money :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

meer53

Most 50 something people who want to take a year out have managed to save a little something to live off during that time. I think your chances of getting benefits to fund your year long holiday are practically nil. You seem to misunderstand what benefits are for.

Poppie68

prosaver wrote: »

Yes from the telegraph. .
i think its a bit risky ...maybe i should go on a expats website for more information

Joarosa80 is Portuguese and has clarified the points brought up in NYM post...so nothing he has posted has come from a broadsheet or tabloid.

How about work, save and then go on a jolly.... no country is going to give you a free layabout lifestyle while they are paying you to look for a job......That really would be scrounging!

warwicktiger

If you are in your fifties, own or nearly own an average uk house and have paid enough years NI for a full state pension you can pack it in, sell up, but a house in rural France and live without working!

I know, I've done it!

dealer_wins

I thought the OP was a little bit erm Sad. But now I see the age 51, he is REALLY sad lol

knightstyle

Well the Telegraph story does not cover the whole situation. France for example will require someone not working and under retirement age to have private health insurance.
See " EU citizens moving to a member state or resident for less than five years in a member state have the right of residence provided they:
Have health insurance (either private or are eligible for state insurance)
Have sufficient financial means not to put a drain on the state"

Plus there are other pitfalls you will only find out about once you try to get benefits!