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Claiming Child Benefit with settled status and wife on spouse visa

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Claiming Child Benefit with settled status and wife on spouse visa

Post by sammii1111 » Fri Jun 12, 2020 11:19 pm

guys i have pr settled status equalent to ilr
my wife n son recently joined me n their spouse visa clearly says no recourse public funds but people telling me i cant claim child benifit as my non british son is subject to immigrstion control
i asked my solicitor n she also advises it will affect my childs flr future application as we will have to declare then
kindly advice shall i claim CB for my non british son or not n is it risky??

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Re: Claiming Child Benefit with settled status and wife on spouse visa

Post by CR001 » Sat Jun 13, 2020 6:49 am

It is the parent that claims child benefit, not the child. If you hold settled status you can claim child benefit.
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