I am currently netting about €130 per week as my business has only been live for three weeks. My wife is earning about €240 per week as an employee. The government has awarded me JSA with a small business disregard until the end of the year while I get the business off the ground. In less than two months I have to send off my EU1 form though...
I have heard it mentioned that people in my circumstances should move off of JSA before sending in the application so not to prejudice it. I am a bit confused though as the Treaty Document states.
As long as the beneficiaries of the right of residence do not become an unreasonable burden
on the social assistance system of the host Member State they should not be expelled.
Therefore, an expulsion measure should not be the automatic consequence of recourse to the
social assistance system. The host Member State should examine whether it is a case of
temporary difficulties and take into account the duration of residence, the personal
circumstances and the amount of aid granted in order to consider whether the beneficiary has
become an unreasonable burden on its social assistance system and to proceed to his
expulsion. In no case should an expulsion measure be adopted against workers,
self-employed persons or job-seekers as defined by the Court of Justice save on grounds of
public policy or public security
Surely in theory I can claim this benefit without my wife and son being in danger of expulsion as I am exercising my treaty rights as a self-employed person (albeit at an early stage of business).
Any thoughts ...
