CLAIMING CHILD TAX CREDIT WHILST ON PBS DEPENDENT

Hello Help!

My wife solely claimed for child tax credit as a single person whilst we're married. After two year of claming, they wrote to her to indicate that their records show that she was leaving with a man (thus me) and so they cancelled her child tax credit and ask her to pay £18,000. She has been paying that for over 4 years now and not claiming any benefit since then. Now she wants to apply for her ILR but very scared. However, we are all working at the moment and jointly earn about £55,000 a year. If we provide sufficient documentation to prove that we are independent of public funds, will the home office still contact the HMRC for further information? Any contribution will help.

Thanks
Wagodstus

wagodstus wrote:Hello Help!

My wife solely claimed for child tax credit as a single person whilst we're married. After two year of claming, they wrote to her to indicate that their records show that she was leaving with a man (thus me) and so they cancelled her child tax credit and ask her to pay £18,000. She has been paying that for over 4 years now and not claiming any benefit since then. Now she wants to apply for her ILR but very scared. However, we are all working at the moment and jointly earn about £55,000 a year. If we provide sufficient documentation to prove that we are independent of public funds, will the home office still contact the HMRC for further information? Any contribution will help.

Thanks
Wagodstus

I suggest you give true account of the situation to HO. Just explain in a letter that CTC was claimed in error and since then she has been paying it back. Provide evidence to support this by getting a statement from hmrc of what has been paid back so far and what is yet to paid and back it up with bank account statements. I have seen cases where people have claimed public funds in error, started paying back and getting their immigration applications approved.

Thanks for your help.