Childcare - public fund access

In two-parent households, both parents must meet the requirements relating to employment and earnings but only one parent needs to meet the residence requirement. For example, if one parent is a British citizen and the other parent has leave to remain with NRPF, the British parent can make the application. As government funded early education and childcare is not a 'public fund' for immigration purposes, a parent who has no recourse to public funds can be included in an application.

30 hours free childcare
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Your immigration status

To be eligible for 30 hours free childcare, you must have a National Insurance number and at least one of the following:

British or Irish citizenship
settled or pre-settled status, or you have applied and you’re waiting for a decision
permission to access public funds - your UK residence card will tell you if you cannot do this

If you have a partner, they must have a National Insurance number too.

Faqasim wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:31 am

Thank you. I understand that we meet the requirement for the childcare since one parent has the ILR. And that we will be approved if we apply.

However, I want to check if applying for childcare would affect my partner's ILR application in the future?

Best,