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Can we apply for Child Benefit?

Questions and discussions about claiming benefits while living and working in the UK

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gdk199
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Can we apply for Child Benefit?

Post by gdk199 » Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:06 pm

Hi,
My wife and me got ILR in October, but my child has not got ILR. We will apply citizenship for him January next year. Could we apply for the Child Benefit now or have to wait for him to get the UK passport?
Thank you
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Re: Can we apply for Child Benefit?

Post by CR001 » Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:30 pm

Yes. It is the parents that claim not the child.
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gdk199
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Re: Can we apply for Child Benefit?

Post by gdk199 » Sun Dec 06, 2020 8:41 pm

CR001 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:30 pm
 Yes. It is the parents that claim not the child.
Thank you very much
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Re: Can we apply for Child Benefit?

Post by JB007 » Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:09 am

gdk199 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 06, 2020 7:06 pm
 Hi,
My wife and me got ILR in October, but my child has not got ILR. We will apply citizenship for him January next year. Could we apply for the Child Benefit now or have to wait for him to get the UK passport?
Thank you
Benefits calculators

Use an independent benefits calculator to find out:

what benefits you could get
how to claim
how your benefits will be affected if you start work

These are free to use, anonymous, and have replaced the Benefits Adviser service.
https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators


From one of those links-


My child is a person subject to immigration control

If you are not a person subject to immigration control, but your child is, rules differ depending on the benefit you want to claim
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For Child Benefit, if you are not a person subject to immigration control, you can claim for a child for whom you are responsible for, regardless of the child’s immigration status. However, if the child’s leave is subject to a no recourse to public funds restriction, claiming child benefit for her/him could affect their right to remain in the UK. Get specialist immigration advice if you are in this situation.
https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guid ... de-content
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