All Articles: Jobseekers
Good result on retained residence rights for non-EU spouses who give up work temporarily
The Upper Tribunal has ruled that the term “worker” in the regulations concerning the rights of residence retained by non-EEA nationals if they divorce their EEA spouse includes jobseekers. This means that when someone who has given up work during ...
23rd August 2018UK law found to be more generous than EU law for jobseekers acquiring permanent residence
The case of GE v. SSWP (ESA) [2017] UKUT 145 (ACC) sets out how the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 (since replaced with the 2016 version), are in some areas, more generous than EU law itself by concluding that an initial right o ...
22nd May 2017Benefits to be withdrawn from EEA jobseekers previously unaffected by the January 2014 changes
In January 2014, the Government introduced a number of measures aimed at restricting EEA migrants’ access to income-based JSA. A key change was the introduction of a statutory presumption that entitlement to income-based JSA (‘JSA(IB)’) would be ...
24th February 2015