Claiming benifits in France

[khanmzk]

me and my wife want to move to france so she can exercise her treaty rights by working.but i have a confusion
is it possible for her to register to a job center plus in france while searching for the job.as i have studied
job center plus is known as pole-emploi in france it clearly says that if somebody want to claim jobseeker allowance they have to provide U1 form from the UK.could somebody please put some light on this issue because it quite confusing

[Casa]

You will receive an unemployment allowance (allocations chômage) based on the following conditions:
You have not become unemployed through your own decision and you are actively seeking work
You are registered with the Pôle Emploi
You are below the minimum retirement age
You are physically capable of working
You have been working for more than 4 months
and
If you want periods of employment in another EU/EEA country to be taken into account, you have to work at least one day in France

https://www.justlanded.com/english/Fran ... protection

[khanmzk]

casa thanks alot for your reply could you please ask few of my more questions if possible

1.if my wife claim joobseeker allowance in france does it effect our case of me getting right to work in
france and further to get resident permit?

2.and what is the procedure of getting resident permit in france

many thanks

[Casa]

casa thanks alot for your reply could you please ask few of my more questions if possible

1.if my wife claim joobseeker allowance in france does it effect our case of me getting right to work in
france and further to get resident permit? I believe she needs to be 'exercising her Treaty rights' within 3 months which would include 'job seeking' but wait for confirmation from others.

2.and what is the procedure of getting resident permit in france http://www.expatica.com/fr/visas-and-pe ... 09144.html

many thanks

[secret.simon]

I believe she needs to be 'exercising her Treaty rights' within 3 months which would include 'job seeking'

Casa,

I thought treaty rights start after three months, not within three months. So, even if the OP's wife were to start working straight away or seeking work straight away, treaty rights would only start three months after their arrival in France. Is that not correct?

[Casa]

Yes and I probably worded it badly. By within 3 months I meant by the 3 month mark she needs to start exercising Treaty rights. I can't confirm whether Treaty rights would start from the date of employment if this was in the first 3 months...but I'm sure someone else can.

Edit: In my opinion they would be exercising Treaty rights as soon as they became employed, even if that was before the end of the initial 3 month period...but I could be proved wrong.

[khanmzk]

i am well aware of not asking for immigration advise on this forum as this forum is not for immigration advise
but based on peoples experinces that they have gone through in there immigration matters.any way as casa said the exercising of treaty rights starts at the day when EU citizen get employed so i can then assume that claiming benifits before that will not effect the carte de sejour ???

[Casa]

i am well aware of not asking for immigration advise on this forum as this forum is not for immigration advise
but based on peoples experinces that they have gone through in there immigration matters.any way as casa said the exercising of treaty rights starts at the day when EU citizen get employed so i can then assume that claiming benifits before that will not effect the carte de sejour ???

Actually, this is an immigration advice forum Did you read the following guidance in my previous post
You have been working for more than 4 months
and
If you want periods of employment in another EU/EEA country to be taken into account, you have to work at least one day in France

[khanmzk]

i am still confused could you please elaborate a little more if possible sorry for asking again as a dumb person...

[Casa]

It appears that in order to claim benefits in France you would need to have been working there for at least 4 months. If you want to continue to claim benefits in France following unemployment benefits being paid in the UK, you would have to work at least one day in France to qualify.

[khanmzk]

So from that know its clear that for claiming benefits in France The EU citizen should be employed for 4 months
to claim benefits from the government its the same as UK.As they have recently changed the rule for EU migrants that they cant claim benefits for first 06 months of there arrival in UK correct me if i am wrong?