no recourse to public funds

[badmaash]

i was just reading the leaflet in regards to the above and it says there a person is eligible for certain benefits if living with family who is EEA nationsl

(does that mean if a person who is on a spouse visa is married to a uk national can claim those certain benefits ?

i wait your reply
thank you

[Docterror]

For the EU law purposes, a UK national in UK is not subjected to the EU laws but rather the UK immigration laws. So, in one word... no! The spouse cannot claim public funds while on a spouse visa.

[badmaash]

thank you

[badmaash]

it seems being a eea national in the uk is better then actually being a uk citizen ?

also do uk nationals ge treated the same way in other eea countries ?

[Christophe]

it seems being a eea national in the uk is better then actually being a uk citizen ?

In areas where the EU laws and regulations are more "generous" than the British immigration, then yes, possibly. But in other areas where the reverse applies, no.

[Docterror]

In areas where the EU laws and regulations are more "generous" than the British immigration....

I think that a better way to phrase it would be... In areas where the EU laws and regulations are interpretted more "generously" by the national governments than the British immigration....

[badmaash]

the polish and other must be really loving it in the uk

[Shan12]

The Polish work hard, live frugally and reap the benefits of doing that. The only people that seem to think they are here to claim 'supposed benefits' are generally tabloid readers or graduates of the "University of what some guy down at the pub told me".