News / Nationalist-socialists gaining ground in Poland [24]


A socialist on 200, 000 a year and that has his own speech writer on 65, 000. Not to mention the cost of all his advisors etc.

Crazy money.

Love / Which is better option? Any Indian - Polish couple experience [20]

The sheer number of homeless people on the streets. The number of boarded up businesses and houses. The litter. The dilapidated suburbs. The amount of open drug dealing and prostitution. People rummaging around in waste grounds for scrap to sell. The number of soup kitchens and the queues outside.

We have all of the above in my country, albeit on a smaller scale. But nothing compared to whats going on in Greece.

UK, Ireland / No Welfare in UK unless You are Polish [31]


He was fobbed off. When folk inexperienced with the welfare system lose their job, theydont go straight down to sign up for the dole. They go to their bank, try and meet old contacts to see if they have any employment opportunities, drown their sorrows with close pals etc.

After a few weeks and upon realising that they might not be earning again for a bit - they then go down to welfare.


Kids from a previous marriage.


There are tens of thousands of Poles on the dole in the Celtic Isles. Are you honestly telling me that when you lived in Poland and if you fell on hard times throughout that period- that you wouldnt be ****** if they refused to pay you a single zloty?

You would be on here hopping mad!

UK, Ireland / No Welfare in UK unless You are Polish [31]

Show me an official document stating that. Surely it is in the governments interest for people to leave it a bit before signing on - they then dont have to pay for those weeks.

And what you mean by immediately? The end of the day? Within 24 hours? A week?

UK, Ireland / No Welfare in UK unless You are Polish [31]


But that is what I am saying. Its the norm. People do not go straight to the welfare office upon losing unemployment. For middle aged people, with kids and a mortgage - it is a massive shock to the system. It takes a while for them to get their papers in order. Others hit the bottle. Others think that they will find work asap and only sign on when savings start evaporating.

If Poland wants to refuse EU citizens welfare, I dont particularly have a problem with that. But if this happened to a high taxpaying Pole in the Ireland and the U.K. - it would be a media sh*tstorm for days. The Graniud and the Irish Slimes would be denouncing it as racial policy and the do gooders would be out in force. The Polish community here would go mental too and the r word would be uttered. A lot.

Do you remember the Pole on the Dole that thinks Donegals a Hole story? It would be like that. On crack.

Edit: Could he have been paid into his British bank account and paying his taxes to the Betty the German instead of the Polish state?

UK, Ireland / No Welfare in UK unless You are Polish [31]


Your son is not the only unemployed person on the planet. A lot of highly skilled people have lost their jobs since the economic crisis. In a lot of their cases, the welfare shop is the last port of call. Pride and ego.


Lol. The U.K. and Ireland are global soup kitchens. They very rarely refuse a welfare payment to a foreigner with a sob story.

Unless you have evidence to show the contrary?

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]

Beyond evil. RIP to the poor child.


A tree, some sturdy rope, a shovel and a few bags of limestone.

Should get some change out of a crisp one hundred bill.

UK, Ireland / No Welfare in UK unless You are Polish [31]


We are both relying on anecdotal evidence here. Neither of us can be proved right or wrong.


Which can be appealed and an interview with a community welfare officer set up. No EU citizen will ever be blankly refused welfarein Ireland or the the U.K. None. They may have to wait a while to receive the free loot ormto be put on the housing lisr, but as the old adage goes - good things come to those that wait.

Admit it. This lad was fobbed off. If the roles were reversed the liberal media here would be going apesh*t and decrying it as a 'racial' act. Ffs - a Nigerian asylum seeking family are currently in the high court trying to sue my lily livered state for denying them welfare benefits. And I bet they will f*cking well win too.

Poland has the right idea - work or f*ck the f*ck off.

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]


20, 000 kids under eleven were put on record for committing hate crimes in the uk in one year alone -

But they ignore a stick thin kid, sporting two black eyes and who was regularly caught robbing sandwiches and rooting through bins to find some scraps of food.

What a messed up system. How did these cretins run an empire? Its baffling.

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]


Once she accepts the sentence and doesnt appeal - she is free to apply for repatriation and to serve her sentence out in Poland. If she decides to appeal, she cant apply for repatriation until the appeal process is fininshed.

The decision then rests with the home office, but repatriation is normally approved.

Im quoting from memory but it falls under EU legislation.

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]


If one of the kids 'parents' joined the edl, the kid would be alive and in foster care.

Genealogy / Do you think all Slavs are white? [178]


Treat yourself to a 23andme autosomal DNA test and then compare, my slavic friend.

You will have a few percentiles in the woodpile!

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]

The teacher questioned the mother about the kids constant hunger and she was fobbed off with the ould 'he has an eating disorder and is always hungry excuse'.

The mother was addicted to drugs and occasionally went on the game.

Heads will roll over this. Its mad to think that nobody stepped in and contacted social services. Especially after the nipper arrived into school sporting bruises and black eyes.

UK, Ireland / Daniel Pelka murder: Polish mother and stepfather face life sentences [96]

It really is, man. Everyone agrees that child abuse is seriously wrong. But on the flipside, I've had conversations with people about the Catholic church child abuse scandals here in Ireland and the bbc child abuse cover ups. An element of 'ah sure, you cant catch them all' and 'there will always be child abusers' seaps into the conversation. As if people believe its just part of society and accept it as such.

Its very worrying. There are members of my current government who turned a blind eye to abuse of their own young family members, carried out by fellow family members. Covering up child abuse of their own kin ffs.

Children in Britain and Ireland have it better than 90% of kids across the globe - no mistake. But strives still need to be made.

Life / My take on Poland - My Top 10 [31]


I can only purchase alcohol from 11am to 10 pm and a six pack of half decent brand named beer costs me 10 euro (and thats cheap here!). Alcoholism is through the roof. The alcohol culture needs to be changed in some European countries, you wont do that by passing silly nanny state laws. I can walk into a shop at 9.55pm, clearly drunk, and purchase ten litres of whiskey. No issue. A lad finishes an evening shift and pops in after me to pick up a bottle of wine to unwind at 10.01 - thats against the law!

Look at Spain for examply, you can buy beer wherever you go and stay out clubbing for 24 hours if you want. Wanna beer with your McDonalds breakfast at 7am - no problemo! Alchol abuse is very rare. If you see someone clearly drunk, its usually a tourist.

Also, if you look at countries with a strong alcohol culture you will note that one theme remains consistent, that they all have harsh winters and or a lot of rain. Its a big factor.

Life / My take on Poland - My Top 10 [31]


According to a London Press Associated study showed us that 48% of Irish men, 40% of British men, 22% of Polish men and just 9% of French men binge drink at least once a week. The French drink 14.2 litres of pure alcohol a year, one of the highest in Europe. The difference being, they tend to take their time with their alcohol consumption and spread it out over an evening eating or what not. Where as we try to consume as much as possible in a short time frame.

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]


Hmmm. I doubt this very much.

Tell him to get the original copy of his sons birth cert. Go down to the welfare shop. Make a claim for child benefit in his sons name. 130 euro per month. Doesnt matter if the kids non resident, once the father lives here. If you get some dogooder ould wan processing your claim she may backdate it. Throw in a crisp one hundred euro note per month and there is your 1, 000 zloty.

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]

If you make a late claim for Child Benefit and can prove that you had a good reason for making a late claim, your Child Benefit can be backdated to the time you became entitled to the payment regardless of when you became entitled to the payment.

citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/irish_social_welfare_system/claiming_a_social_welfare_payment/making_a_late_claim.html

There you go. Tell them that you didnt realise that it could be paid out for a non resident child. Eight years child benefit or however long the deadbeat was inIreland for. A nice chunk of change.

Ching, ching. Get those champers flutes out. Chink, chink.

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]

Yes, the father should pony up and pay for the occasional treat. Swimming lessons are hardly a luxury - they could save the childs life. Trust me, most kids dont enjoy their lessons too much. Especially in winter. You also forget to factor in clothing - decent clothing in Poland is more expensive than here. And 8 year olds grow out of clothes real fast. They also need to eat. A lot. Keep factoring in incidental expenses and fifty euro a week is not an awful lot of child support to be paying out. Bringing up a young boy by yourself and holding down a job is far from easy. Its not like she will be out living the high life on an extra 50 Europeans.

Food, school materials, transport, new football boots, he grows out of the runners you bought last year, new winter jacket, swimming lessons, school trip, friends birthday party, Christmas, his birthday, the occasional trip out, begging you for a new toy etc etc.

Kids aint cheap.


Come off it. Welfare in Ireland is hard to get - if you were previously self employed! No moolah for you. Apart from that, its very high. The OP can claim for three kids. Thats 390 euro per month in child benefit. Both are working part time, so they can apply for a top up via jobseekers. Theres another 150-200 euro per week. If they are renting, then they are qualified to apply for rent allowance. Family income support is also available, if they are still struggling.

They are far from starving.

The op and her husband should be looking to avail of some part time fas or training course to help upskill. I was looking at the ones available in my local fas centre and the learn mandarin one tickled me fancy. You have to be on some sort of benefit to qualify, unfortunately, but there are some decent courses out there for folk such as themselves.


News to me. They arent?

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]


The only way they will cut your freebies off is if you have married someone with sizeable assets. There are an awful lot of holes in the ops tale. Welfare here is very high and relatively easy to access. Seriously, if you are ever in Dublin walk by a welfare shop. Its like a united nations meeting. Whoever is telling you that welfare is low in this international soup kitchen, is a liar.

The unemployed married couple, who take home €1,763 a week, have four children and live in Dublin. They are originally from Bosnia. Labour Senator Jimmy Harte called for a cap on the amount of welfare payments a family can receive - irishexaminer.com/ireland/call-for-welfare-pay-cap-as- couple-claim-90k-a-year-168808.html


I live here. No apparently about it - contraception is readily available to all. You were right about abortion though.

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]


Tip of the iceberg. So whoever told you that welfare here is meagre and hard to access is a damn fool or a liar. Perhaps both. Wordfrom the wise, if an iIrish person is screaming poverty, then he or she is probably loaded. Or a farmer. ;)

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]

I am not a journalist. I suspect that the parasites are still claiming every freebie going.

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]

Charged with what exactly? They have committed no crime.

UK, Ireland / Advice on child support (Irish with my Polish husband) [106]

Her and the OP. If its available you might as well claim it. Everyone else seems to be.

USA, Canada / Pole with British citizenship visiting US [6]


You will have to give your fingerprints at US immigration. If these are already on record, you will have major problems. Your previous overstay will be documented.

If you are looking to simply visit the U.S. collect data that proves that you have strong ties with the U.K and that you will return. Be honest in all dealings with immigration, as if you are not and they find out - they will refuse to entertain you and simply disallow you from entering.

UK, Ireland / UK general student visit..from Poland. Applying for UK visiting visa? [13]

They are putting in measures so people from troublesome countries have to pay a bond upon entering. Enjoy Christmas in Poland.

Tens of thousands of visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria will be forced to pay a £3,000 bond to be allowed to enter Britain.They will only get the money back once they leave the country in a bid to end abuse of the visa system.Home Secretary Theresa May said the intention was to make the immigration system more 'selective' and deter people from 'overstaying' once their visitor visa has expired. In the long-term, she hopes to extend the Australian-style bond scheme to also include foreign workers and students.

UK, Ireland / Polish families' arson drama in London [10]

Thats not a barbecue. Thats a bonfire.

UK, Ireland / UK general student visit..from Poland. Applying for UK visiting visa? [13]


Its not even that expensive. Try getting a green card to the states. Now thats expensive. Costs circa 10, 000 euro and thats if the company knows what they are doing. The ambitous and skilled will make that back in no time. The moochers and scammers wont, so they hit Europe. Just look at all the non EU students that come on here looking for advice. Clowns are borderline literate.


Illegals will keep hitting Europe until we body some of them. Its not nice. In fact, its absolutely horrid. But man the Greek/Spain/Italian entrances into Europe with armed militia that will fire upon illegal aliens trying to make their way in. 100 bodies and the illegal immigration problem shall cease. Put it this way, more than that will drown if we continue on doing what we are doing. It would save lifes in the long run.

USA, Canada / US visa rejections and what you should say in an interview [16]

Does she have a job? She needs to prove to immigration authorities that she will not overstay and that she has significant ties with her home country. Applying straight away after a refusal is a bad idea. I would suggest you go over to Poland first and for her to reapply again in six months or so.