keep in mind, you fuck up a steak at a cooking job you’re out the cost of the meal + time.

What? Where?

This is so dumb… the only migrants on UC must be refugees right? It must be simpler to use that process rather than having something separate to help them out.

Migrants on work and student and spouse visas are not allowed to claim any benefits, plus they pay an extra £2k+ per year in IHS (International Health Surcharge) fees to cover their use of the NHS (regardless of whether or not they work & pay tax).

But also, why is it so criminal to help people when they need it? It’s not even like UC is actually enough to live off or have some sort of lavish lifestyle.

1940s Parker vacumatic skyline.

Writes like a dream and it is neat to use a piece of history.

Don’t forget that if you renounce they publish your name on a list of people who have renounced citizenship.

Absolutely ridiculous that we are even required to file, only the US and Eritrea run a system like this.

Add onto that the US requires forms even for people resident and working in the US (rather than the tax system of most developed nations where a majority of taxpayers have their taxes deducted from their wages and everything is calculated by that country’s tax authority), and you’ve got yourself a double shitshow.

Sure it might not be the most difficult thing to do but damn it is stupid.

Do you have common law marriage where you live? In some places you are considered “common law” married after living together for a certain amount of time, which can help in estate settlement.