Are Turkish spouses allowed to claim benefits???

[pantalaimon]

This may sound like a silly question but my husband and I are about to apply for a spouse visa. He is Turkish, I am British. I understand that we must demonstrate that we will not need additional public funds (although the new wording on the ukvisa site has confused me even further as it now says without 'help' from public funds). I downloaded today the Public Funds PDF document from that site and it says If you are from Turkey, Morocco, Algeria,Tunisia or San Marino, you may be eligible for the following funds.

• Child tax credit
• Child benefit
• Income-based jobseeker’s allowance
• Income support
• A social fund payment
• Housing benefit
• Council tax benefit

So if my husband would be entitled (if I have not misunderstood this) then why is he only allowed a spouse visa if he is doesn't need it? Thanks for your help.

[Wanderer]

Visa/immigration and access to public funds are entirely separate things, maybe the result of a reciprocal agreement but ur hubby still need to jump through the immigration hoops...