For help with NHS cost eg dental costs, there are two different types of help, 1. Automatic help if you get a qualifying benefit and 2. the low income scheme. For 1. As you have stated UC in your title, for universal credit then a person will be eligible for automatic help if they receive UC and: yo...
Dear forum, Firstly I am sorry if this question has been asked many times before. A friend of mine recently got approval for their ILR applications with their partner via Set (O) route. And they are still waiting for their ILR BRP cards to arrive, plus they haven't applied to register their UK-born...
Do you have a partner? If so what is their immigration status?
If you choose to opt out of getting Child Benefit payment, you should still fill in the Child Benefit claim form. You need to state on the form that you do not want to get payments.
Date released for Immigration Health Charge increases The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2023 has now been laid before Parliament and will come into force (once approved by both Houses of Parliament), on either the 16 January 2024 or 21 days after the day it is made. As a reminder, th...
Exactly so you need to seek a solicitors advice about a child arrangements order application. If she’s on a spouse visa she may be able to apply for settlement under the domestic violence provisions and soon have access to public funds. We can’t advise any further on this matter.
As Casa says it’s difficult to know what your wife has stated and what if any allegations have been made against you. She may not want to have any contact with you and I very much doubt she wants you to have the children, that will be a matter for the family court to decide. In terms of funding unde...
It depends if you have access to public funds, generally the Hong Kong BNO visa does not give access to public funds. If you don’t have access to public funds then you are subject to immigration control and cannot access social housing unless an exception applies. See - https://assets.publishing.ser...
It might mean your citizenship application has been decided and they’ve closed your ILR status down? You’ll need to contact the Home Office to raise it.
Immigration & Nationality fee increases from 4 October 2023, which include: Outside the UK Visit visa fee to £115 from £100 Spouse visas to £1,846 from £1,538 Student to £490 from £363 Inside the UK Indefinite leave to £2,885 from £2,404 Naturalisation as a British citizen to £1,500 from £1,250 Chil...
If the UC claimant is a joint tenant with a partner who has NRPF, their assumed 50% share of the rent is used to calculate the ‘core rent’ for the housing costs element. As the person with NRPF is not part of the UC claimant’s ‘benefit unit’ they are arguably treated as a ‘joint tenant’ rather than ...
It shouldn’t, she still needs to claim UC then link the claims, but if she’s subject to immigration control she should fail the habitual residence test and the claim will be single.
It’s not a “social fund” as that’s specific and related to benefits. What you mean is social services support and social services’ support is not classed as a public fund for immigration purposes and can be accessed by a person who is subject to the ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF) condition. So...
It is potentially possible, you are correct that “children with settlement and residence is potential” see page 29 of the caseworker guidance for further details - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1173000/Registration_as_British_citizen_...
It is correct that the claims are linked but then the PSIC will have their claim closed, they will fail the HRT and will not be eligible for UC. It is not always the case that RTI information is received from HMRC, as I said above it is up to the claimant to report each month their partner’s earning...
Insofar as the person subject to immigration control hasn’t claimed public funds there shouldn’t be an issue, there is nothing here to indicate that any issue should arise. I’ve assumed no council tax reduction/support claimed.
CR001 has given the correct advice, the OP states they have created a joint account but their claim was closed as subject to immigration control, that’s correctly what should happen. As CR001 states it’s up to the OP’s partner to inform UC every month of any applicable income or capital the OP has, ...
I wouldn’t worry about the child benefit claim and would just leave that. The council tax discount, they must be informed and you will owe the 25% for the period in which you were not entitled to a single person discount.
Assuming your child has no recourse to public funds, you claiming child benefit would not affect your wife’s ILR as she didn’t claim public funds, whether it affects your child, is more of a grey area, as I’ll explain: There is a qualification in the rules which says: “(i) a person (P) is not to be ...
