Job Seekers Allowance

 

Hi All,

I am coming out to spain and exporting my JSA, does anyone konw where the nearest spainish job centre is to Catral?

Any advice on the signing on process from any one whos been through it would be great.

Many thanks
Cartom

 

Your not going to like what I say and there is no easy way of saying it, but as far as I am aware, Spain does not pay job seekers allowance.

Unlike the UK where you can claim unemployment benefits, Spain only pays out to those that have worked and payed into the Spanish system and then its calculated on how much you have payed in as to how much and how long you receive any kind of unemployment subsidy.

To be entitled to unemployment benefit in Spain, taken from another web site

Unemployed workers in Spain have the right to receive benefit if they have contributed the social security over a minimum period of 360 days within the last 6 years before they get unemployed.

The amount that the unemployed shall receive will depend on the contributions they have made within the last 180 days. There exist a minimum and maximum amount of benefit they may receive.

You retain the right to unemployment benefits for a maximum period of 2 years, provided that you have worked during 6 years before becoming unemployed.
They must register as unemployed with the Spanish Institute of Employment (INEM) and apply for their unemployment benefit within 15 days of becoming unemployed.
They must be legally unemployed to receive the benefit, they have no right to this benefit when it had been their own decision to terminate their work contract and therefore become unemployed.

As a general rule, employers or self-employed persons are not entitled to unemployment benefit. However, it is possible to do some spare time work and still get unemployment benefit.

Source of unemployment benefit information

What some people have been doing is living in Spain and signing on in the UK. A few years ago there was a UK benefits fraud hot line set up in Spain to try and cut down on the problem.

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