scampicat

It does not have to be the end of your life in Spain, as even if you are chucked off Incapacity or Disability benefits, you do not have to sign up for Jobseekers' Allowance. Indeed, both IB and DLA allow one to have alternative income as they are not means-tested (apart from IB and an Occupational Pension, even then the disregard is generous); with DLA you can even work full-time. So you might have a pension/salary/partner's income/huge savings even if you have been on these benefits and therefore even if you lose them will not be 'forced' to claim JSA.

My husband claims IB but also has aTeachers' Pension and I have my State Pension; were his IB to be taken off him we could still manage financially. He would not claim JSA, in fact would not get anything if he did as JSA IS means-tested and our income would be too high to receive it.

So, no more scaremongering comments about it being 'the end of your life in Spain'. For many people it will not be.

Mitzyboy

Ahh yes, I remember ... the Britsh Expats association
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=518291

Are they the people that caused you all to lose your residence cards?

dunmovin

do you think he could help me get some benefit from the NI contributions paid for out of money I earned.

agoreira

The OP has my sympathy, looks like life has dealt her some sh1tty cards, however I'm still struggling to understand how the UK makes a net gain out of her. It pays her NI contributions, it pays her her IB, which she spends in Spain, where is this net gain coming from? Enlighten me!

crustycrab

We had to sell our house, pay 50,000 euros in dead money to solicitors etc and have a mortgage for the next 30 years. So by the time the house is paid of I will probably be dead. You lot who think it is a life-long holiday can think again. Bills still have to be paid, books and stationary have to been paid for use in the school (I believe it´s free in UK). Believe there is no free ride living in Spain.

If I moved back to UK with my two children, I could apply for every benefit under the sun, as I am sure most of you who have negative posts DO. So what do I do, stay in Spain and the UK Government pay little, or come back to UK and be a DRAIN on the UK.

I do understand the people who live in UK are resentful of ex-pats but it is our choice to move, we finance our own homes, have a mortgage like many others (there is no free council houses here, housing benefit, council tax benefit etc).

crustycrab

Bravo well said, people in the UK live life in an "insulated island". The UK should not have joined the EU Community if most of the UK citizens have this uneducated attitude. After hearing what many people have to say from the UK, (my home) I would much prefer to live amongst friendly people, rather than ignorant people whos comments, at the end of the day, amount to nothing more than SOUR GRAPES. Only my humble opinion.

Seek out the DWP and ask them about benefits abroad. Ask them who is entitled and who is not.

crustycrab

My Incapacity Benefit pay my NI Contributions. I do not know much about the net gain question.

So shall I come back to UK and get a free house, CB, CTC, council tax benefits, JSA, ESA (what ever they are) and be a drain on the UK or shall I stay here and it will cost less. 50/50 or phone a friend.

jojojojojo

Its a bit ofr a myth that it works like that in the UK, but at least in the UK, any benefits you would receive would go back into the country as you spend money there

Jo xxx

crustycrab

I am able to vote in the UK.

crustycrab

Fortunately, I have never been out of work, until I became ill, when I lived in the UK, so have never had to claim "dole money etc". But as far as I am aware I believe it not to be a "myth". Why do you think the country has got into such a financial state to begin with. Mr Brown getting too generous with people needing help with free handouts because they are lazy sods who want to produce baby after baby and most of them are under 16 so they can a free house.

So am I to assume that everyone who lives in the UK goes on holiday in the UK. because otherwise they would be spending their money in another country. What about all the tourists that come to Spain for a 2 week holiday, do they not spend money here, thus contributing to the running of the Spanish economy

crustycrab

Yes he did, we didn´t need them. And actually the card has been replaced by "paper" document. Thus costing the Spanish Government less money in production costs.

crustycrab

Going by your previous posts, are you not richer than the Sultan of Bruni. As you do brag a lot.

whitelinen

Your latest postings can only serve to illustrate that you are IMO deliberately creating arguments.

There surely can be nobody who will agree with you on the matter of card v paper.

lynnxa

I think we can agree it probably does cost the Spanish govt less



but it's still not as useful as the old card

jojojojojo

I have to agree! I dont think they'll be many crossed fingers on your behalf from the forum I'm afraid, but I bid you well

Jo xxx