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academic711
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Question on claiming child benefit

Post by academic711 » Sun Jul 13, 2025 3:51 pm

Hello

I received my ILR about a month ago. So did my wife and one of my daughters. My second daughter was born in the UK so I directly applied for her citizenship, the application is currently under review.

I have a question regarding claiming child benefit.
1- Given that my elder daugther who is 7 years old has the ILR now, can I claim child benefit for her?
2- Given that my elder daughter has ILR but not citizenship, could claiming child benefit have any impact on the citizenship application (for her and for myself) next year?
2- Should I wait for my second daughter's citizenship application to be approved before I also claim child benefit for her? I think the reasonable thing to do will be to wait but I thought I will ask.

Thank you

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alterhase58
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Re: Question on claiming child benefit

Post by alterhase58 » Sun Jul 13, 2025 3:58 pm

As everyone on ILR is entitled to and claiming child benefit there's no reason why a nationality application should be impacted.
This is just my opinion as a member of this forum and does not constitute immigration advice.
Please do not send me private messages asking for advice.

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