Benefits For 17 years old German Girl in UK

Hello everyone.

thanks for everyone on this great forum. I really need some help and advice. Its regarding a friend of my friend. She is german citizen and she is single girl that has been in the UK for about 4 months or so and she is alone living with a far relative here. She is not working and back home in germany she was in school and she find out that she is pregnant, she been having affair with a boy for a short time then when he know she is pregnant he run away and she know nothing about him whatsoever, she cant go back to germany as she have few family problem with her parents (strict cultural prbs)

I would like to get advice on what benefit she can claim as she donot have any money and her relative cannot let her stay any longer as she live in council flat with her kids. and what are the steps she have to do? She have nothing so far not even National insurance number and she know nothing what to do, she even scared go to hospital for her pregnancy and not even have GP yet. She plan to go school if she can to study english and do any course that can help her to get a job in future.
please i would be very thankfull if anyone can help and give any advice for her.

its really

She needs to get a N.I number so she needs to go to the DWP or she can do it online.She can go to the Citizens advice bureau for help and she needs to register with a doctor asap

mochyn wrote:She needs to get a N.I number so she needs to go to the DWP or she can do it online.She can go to the Citizens advice bureau for help and she needs to register with a doctor asap

they called Jobcenter and they said they will call back in four hours but they not call back that was on thursday afternoon.

anyway anyone can also provide me with as much information and advice on what benefits she qualify for, or if she qualify at all, and what are the procedures for that.

i would be very much thankfull for mochyn and for every advice, even if it is a small tiny piece of advice, anything would help as this girl is completely feeling lost.

In this Claiming Benefits section of this board there is a pinned topic called "Detailed Public Funds guidance". Go to that and then click on its link.

Having done that go to page 15 of 49. Can I suggest, all the information you need. Quite detailed.

here is the link

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

As John said have a look at page 15

mochyn wrote:here is the link

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

As John said have a look at page 15

Thank You mochyn and John for ur advice.

i looked on page 15 but to be honest i find it not that much detailed. they said EEA can claim working tax credit and child tax credit which means she should be working.

but what a 17 years old girl who is pregnant and registering with a college for ESOL course and will be doing full time job what would be the case. Would she qualify for something like housing benefit to find a room to live in?and get some cash or vouchers to buy food and stuff like that?

She went to jobcenter and they said that they doubt that she can pass a test for income support.and gave her form to fill about habitual residency.
My question bec am not very experienced with these benefit things, is simple what support would she get to live on and to find a place to live with as her cousin insist she to leave flat as she is herself scared about being told that she is overcrowded in her flat and these things.

please mochyn and john and everyone i know i look abit dump, but would anyone be able give me more detailed advice about what she can do, i would be very greatfull for every advice.

..... can claim working tax credit and child tax credit which means she should be working

For Working Tax Credit, yes it is necessary to be working, but for Child Tax Credit there is no need to be working, but there is a need to have a child!

There is lots on the internet about eligibility for various benefits. Do a Google search should point you in the right direction.

John wrote:

..... can claim working tax credit and child tax credit which means she should be working

For Working Tax Credit, yes it is necessary to be working, but for Child Tax Credit there is no need to be working, but there is a need to have a child!

There is lots on the internet about eligibility for various benefits. Do a Google search should point you in the right direction.

thanks you John so much for ur advice, i really much appreaciate it.

Unfortunately as i said am not too much experienced with all details about european rights in UK, even when i did search for my friends case i dnt find anything much relevant.(could be my mistake)

anyway John i would be more thankfull if you continue giving us ur advice, now if this girl goes into full time education what would be her chances for getting help while she study?other thing someone told us as her cousin and auntie living here and she currently staying with them she can apply under their name, as joining her auntie to live here permenatly with. Would her auntie be able to claim for her income support or something like that? i am really sorry but really i been looking hours and hours on the interent but found nothing relevant for someone at that age,

I am not sure what she can claim. Ordinarily I would suggest Income Support, but that list on page 15 of the document I provided a link to does not include that benefit.

It might be best if she tries to get some advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau.

John wrote:I am not sure what she can claim. Ordinarily I would suggest Income Support, but that list on page 15 of the document I provided a link to does not include that benefit.

It might be best if she tries to get some advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Thanks John again you are always offer that great advice almost for everyone in the forum. really a very big thank you, i very much appreciate every second you spend in this forum.
For the Citizens advice we been trying for a week to with no single reply, always this call charges you 5 p per min, and then after ten minutes the answer machine say we are busy and u need to try again. with no result wt soever.

Pls anyone else came through such situation and can offer some advice?