Hells_Belle
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My husband and I moved from the UK two years ago. He was born in the UK but his mother is Irish; he has an Irish passport (in fact, he's only even had an Irish passport, never a UK one.)
I am in part-time employment. In the UK he was self-employed, and was never on any benefit, but he has been unable to find work here. He went down to apply for Jobseekers Allowence and they are asking what I think are very odd questions like "how did you intend to support yourself when you moved here?" (with a job, obviously) and have now told him to come back with proof of our last UK address. We've moved house once since we've been here; they're not asking for proof of our last address though, but specifically for the UK one.
He's an Irish citizen. We live, and have lived for some time, in Ireland. This is where he's seeking work. How is anything from the UK relevent two years later?? Is there some special process for people in his position I can read up on, or are they just giving him the run around? Or is it possible that he isn't entitled to JA at all?
I am in part-time employment. In the UK he was self-employed, and was never on any benefit, but he has been unable to find work here. He went down to apply for Jobseekers Allowence and they are asking what I think are very odd questions like "how did you intend to support yourself when you moved here?" (with a job, obviously) and have now told him to come back with proof of our last UK address. We've moved house once since we've been here; they're not asking for proof of our last address though, but specifically for the UK one.
He's an Irish citizen. We live, and have lived for some time, in Ireland. This is where he's seeking work. How is anything from the UK relevent two years later?? Is there some special process for people in his position I can read up on, or are they just giving him the run around? Or is it possible that he isn't entitled to JA at all?