Applying for change to no resource to public funds

Hi, I want to apply for benefits, I got visa last year on the basis of family and private life, and now I am separated. I have 2 children, and I can’t afford the rent and bills. can anyone tell me what to do to get public funds, which documents required and how long the process take? Thank you

What happened to your application last year for a child on the 7 year route?
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Who do the children live with?

How much do you earn?

How much capital and savings do you have?

This is the minimum amount the absent parent must pay towards the living cost of their children.
https://www.gov.uk/calculate-child-maintenance

Blessyou123456 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:24 pm

I can’t afford the rent and bills.

Rent is the prioiry debt. Can you take extra hours at work? Find a second job? Move to a cheaper property? Move to a cheaper area?

Even for those who can have public funds-
- the council have no duty to house those who make themselves intentially homeless (not paid the rent or mortgage).
- it's unlikely the housing element of the Universal Credit welfare benefit will cover all the rent.
- on Universal Credit, both parents have to work unless they have an exemption. The absent parent's maintenace payments cannot be dedcuted from their earnings to lower their income and get more benefit money. But the parent with care (the parent the children live with most of the time) does not deduct the childrens maintenace payments from their income on UC.





Council Tax is also a priority debt. Councils collect the money owed through the courts. If you are the only person in the property now who is liable for council tax, tell your council the date your partner moved out of the property and ask for the council tax single person discount. Single Person Discount is not a public fund.

Even for those who can have public funds, it will be up to your council how much discount they will give you on your council tax bill with the public fund called Council Tax Reduction (sometimes called Council Tax Allowance). Each council set their own % of discount and it varies from council to council. Even jobseekers have to pay a contribution towards their councit tax from their benefit.

JB007 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:57 am

This is the minimum amount the absent parent must pay towards the living cost of their children.
https://www.gov.uk/calculate-child-maintenance

As parents must share the costs of keeping their children, here is clearer guide to the absent parents minimum mainantence payments (many absent parents will pay more than this) and any extra costs involved if the Child Maintenance Service have to collect that money. It's worth the parents sorting this between themselves (and paying on time) to avoid these extra costs.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ction-fees

Shared care will reduce the minimum amount of child mainantence paid by the absent parent, based on the number of nights the absent parent has their children. The absent parent will be paying for their children directly on those days (nights) and the parent with care will not have the cost of their children on those days and will be able to work on those days.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... worked-out