European migrants coming to the UK will have to show they are earning at least £149 a week before they can access a range of benefits.
The minimum earnings threshold, first announced last year by David Cameron, will come into force on 1 March.
It is the latest in a series of measures to restrict access to benefits for migrants from other EU countries.
Migrants have already been told that they will need to wait three months before claiming jobseeker’s allowance.
Curbs on housing benefit are being introduced in April.
Ministers argue that the longstanding principle that citizens of EU countries should be allowed to live and work in other member states does not amount to an automatic right to claim benefits abroad.
They say it has become too easy for migrants from the other 27 EU member states to access public services in the UK, such as the welfare state and the health service.
The prime minister announced the plan for an earnings threshold at the end of last year, as he came under pressure from Conservative MPs to act before the lifting of work restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians on 1 January.
Welfare Minister Esther McVey will announce the details of how it will work later on Wednesday.
BBC
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