Hi,
My girlfriend living with me in Geneve is currently unemployed. She lived and worked in the UK for many years.
Can anyone tell me if she entitled to claim any kind of unemployment allowance from the UK?
If so, how do we sort this out?
Thank you

If she was living in the UK she might be entitled to a job seekers' allowance, and that can be transferred here, but she has to go to UK to register as unemployed first.

and you are not getting a refund as such but an allowance. You are also required to provide proof of job hunting and attend interview every fortnight. Not sure how that work if you do not live in the UK.

My husband is in a similar situation, as he is not working.

There could be something you can do via HMRC in UK and then Switzerland, we are going through the process at the moment, which is getting the right documentation from HMRC for Switzerland and have been told this could take up to 4 months and then whatever needs to happen in Switzerland so not a quick process. It is not a refund, just be the same as she would be entitled to if living in the UK.

My husband is non resident in the UK, your girlfriend might have to be the same, I would recommend she calls this number +44 191 203 7010, explain situation, in Switzerland, not working, worked in UK blahblah, they could ask her to complete a formto request a statement of national insurance contrubitions, please note they ask for 3 - 5 years of P45, P11ds and final payslips in March for the last 3-5 years, luckily I had all this!!! Then HMRC sends the statement to you, this is the part which takes around 4 months and then you have to do something in Switzerland but we have not got that far yet so unsure if it is the RAV or somewhere else.

On another note, my husband has recently registered with RAV, although we are not entitled to anything as he has not worked in Swizterland he has a consultant which is good, better than no help if not working.