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CR001 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:49 amUpdated guidance.Zimba wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 12:49 amWe shall see what UKVI will say on this. Just note that business grants are based on the circumstances of the people who run these businesses. Your immigration status may not be an issue as per rules but from a lender's point of view, you could be viewed as very high risk. What if they give you a grant and then you simply get up and leave ?! Business loans/grants are still subject to risk evaluation so your immigration status may play a role.
http://www.nrpfnetwork.org.uk/Documents ... tsheet.pdf
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5 Assistance for people who lose employment
The Government has announced a series of measures to help people who have are unable to work due to contracting coronavirus or having to self-isolate, or who have lost their employment or closed a business due to coronavirus. The following assistance can be claimed by a person who has no recourse to public funds (NRPF) when they meet the relevant requirements because none are considered to be ‘public funds’ for immigration purposes:
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)
Contributory-based Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
Wages paid through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (‘furloughed workers’)
Assistance for businesses and people who are self-employed, as outlined in this government guidance
Benefits that are listed here (under ‘work related benefits’) -> http://www.nrpfnetwork.org.uk/informati ... x#benefits
The following assistance cannot be claimed by a person who has no recourse to public funds (NRPF) because they are public funds for immigration purposes:
Universal Credit
Benefits on this list -> http://www.nrpfnetwork.org.uk/informati ... funds.aspx
