what happens with your uk benefits?

[Leeti]

Hi myself and my partner are looking into moving to spain. My partner will be working but i cant and at the moment i receive disability. I get both components at high rate. Will i continue receiving this from the uk or will i be entitled to disability in spain? I have no knowledge on this situation so as much info as possible would be helpful?

Also if my partner is working full time and takes up residency do i have to take up residency if im there with him? We will be renting the first year to see if we definitely like it and if we do we will be buying the next year or when financially able. Ti x

[DROOBY]

Originally Posted by Leeti

Hi myself and my partner are looking into moving to spain. My partner will be working but i cant and at the moment i receive disability. I get both components at high rate. Will i continue receiving this from the uk or will i be entitled to disability in spain? I have no knowledge on this situation so as much info as possible would be helpful?

Also if my partner is working full time and takes up residency do i have to take up residency if im there with him? We will be renting the first year to see if we definitely like it and if we do we will be buying the next year or when financially able. Ti x

Hi there,

Afraid to say that as far as i'm aware you are entitled to no benefits here as you have not contributed to the Spanish social security system and the Uk side of things i think that you are not entitled to uk benefit either if you no longer live there.
This i suppose depends on whether you stay listed in uk or in spain it is a very dicey area to muck around with and comes with consequences.
There are people on the forum with more knowledge than me plus if you the search facility on the forum i think the subject have been covered a few times.

Good luck with things.

D

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by DROOBY

Hi there,

Afraid to say that as far as i'm aware you are entitled to no benefits here as you have not contributed to the Spanish social security system and the Uk side of things i think that you are not entitled to uk benefit either if you no longer live there.
This i suppose depends on whether you stay listed in uk or in spain it is a very dicey area to muck around with and comes with consequences.
There are people on the forum with more knowledge than me plus if you the search facility on the forum i think the subject have been covered a few times.

Good luck with things.

D

As an Eu citizen you are entitled to receive long term benefits from the UKwhen you move to another EU country if you were already recieving them before you leave.
This comes from the UK not from the Spanish social security and can be paid either into a UK bank account or to a bank in your country of residence.

regards Veronica

[jojo]

Originally Posted by DROOBY

Hi there,

Afraid to say that as far as i'm aware you are entitled to no benefits here as you have not contributed to the Spanish social security system and the Uk side of things i think that you are not entitled to uk benefit either if you no longer live there.
This i suppose depends on whether you stay listed in uk or in spain it is a very dicey area to muck around with and comes with consequences.
There are people on the forum with more knowledge than me plus if you the search facility on the forum i think the subject have been covered a few times.

Good luck with things.

D

There are some exceptions, not sure what they are... disability may be one of them?????

The Pensions thing is a minefield from what I can gather, but this forum does get a visit from DWPinspain occasionally who is based in the British consulate in Alicante, he seems to know his stuff, so maybe he´ll cast the vote LOL!!!!

Jo x

[jkchawner]

Originally Posted by maxd

The benefits forum. Disabled people who cannot work. Not even from a PC at home. Sooner they get rid of incapacity benefit the better. So the "disabled" can get back to work or starve.

twice now slagging of disabled your either a troll or sick either way theres no place on the forum for people like yourself
anyway ignorance must be your downfull one day as sure as hell !

[maxd]

OK, maybe a bit nasty and you may have a good case(even tough you mentioned you were party animals) but there are 2.4 million people on incapacity benefit in the UK and it costs the treasury 7 billion a year. I am pretty sure that the majority can work, ha even though there are no jobs now.

Probably a good thing it is difficult to claim abroad eh? Better to be claiming in the sun than that stinking Island. But, the benefits sytem in the UK is one of the reasons the Island is a stinking Island.

Sorry if I sound bitter. I should not be blaming the players, I should be blaming the system.

Good luck claiming your benefits abroad if you are genuinely ill then you are entitled. If you are not "mental ill" etc, well then shame on you.

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by maxd

OK, maybe a bit nasty and you may have a good case(even tough you mentioned you were party animals) but there are 2.4 million people on incapacity benefit in the UK and it costs the treasury 7 billion a year. I am pretty sure that the majority can work, ha even though there are no jobs now.

Probably a good thing it is difficult to claim abroad eh? Better to be claiming in the sun than that stinking Island. But, the benefits sytem in the UK is one of the reasons the Island is a stinking Island.

Sorry if I sound bitter. I should not be blaming the players, I should be blaming the system.

Good luck claiming your benefits abroad if you are genuinely ill then you are entitled. If you are not "mental ill" etc, well then shame on you.

What on earth are you talking about
Sure there are people that claim improperly, but that is no reason to gto tarring people with the same brush.
This is an serious enquiry from a new member, and lets either answer her question not discuss your feelings about the system overall

To the OP, yes if you are claiming incapacity then you can transfer it, but not all elements are transferrable, so check

And yes, both of you have to register as foreigners (residency)

I was told that my daughter would lose her income support. Her disability living allowance would continue but only if she came back within six months. A difficult situation and does not help disabled people who have to go with their parents. However I was told if they returned back to UK then they have to be reassessed again and they could get their money if they stayed away longer then six months.

[jkchawner]

Originally Posted by Stravinsky

What on earth are you talking about
Sure there are people that claim improperly, but that is no reason to gto tarring people with the same brush.
This is an serious enquiry from a new member, and lets either answer her question not discuss your feelings about the system overall

To the OP, yes if you are claiming incapacity then you can transfer it, but not all elements are transferrable, so check

And yes, both of you have to register as foreigners (residency)

THANKS for deleting the post that were well uncalled for
some people have nothing better to do in life
i feel theres no place on here for people like this to be honest.
if i was in charge of the button as you are well say no more

Originally Posted by jkchawner

THANKS for deleting the post that were well uncalled for
some people have nothing better to do in life
i feel theres no place on here for people like this to be honest.
if i was in charge of the button as you are well say no more

It is sad that a lot of people feel so bad about people claiming benefits. Disabled adults don't get many choices and it would be better for them to live in the sun and sea then to sit at home in cold because they can't afford heating.

It did make me wonder about what help if any would they get in Spain but not financial help. Will they get any help whatsoever to work etc.