article_snippet: so you can't just turn up in this country and claim welfare from day one.'
article_snippet: Rules discriminating between the European Union (EU) and non-EU nationals would be abolished, and those workers who qualified under the system would be issued with a visa valid for five years.
article_snippet: During that time, those workers who qualified under the system would not be entitled to claim UK benefits and would be expected to take out health insurance.
article_snippet: After five years those workers who qualified under the system would be entitled to apply for permanent leave to remain, provided those workers who qualified under the system had not broken the law.
article_snippet: Mr Farage said a mooted £27,000 lower limit on earnings to gain access to the UK was 'not absolute' and there could be exemptions for some skills, such as nurses.