Canceled Child Benefit

[chelsea2014]

Hi All

I am due for ILR next month and I would like to clarify a situation I found myself in 3yrs ago.

When my wife gave birth to my twin girls, I was wrongly advised then that since the kids where given birth in UK they where entitled to Child Benefit. I innocently applied and got confirmation from HMRC that they where entitled to it.

A week after the first payment was made, I called HMRC asking them to reconfirm this but yet they claimed they where entitled but when I reviewed Home office rules then, I could see that since they where my dependents, they where not entitled.

What I did was to write a letter back to HMRC explaining to them about my visa status and apologizing for the mistake. In same letter I told them to discontinue the payment and put in a cheque refunding the first and only payment they made.

I got a letter back from them telling me they had discontinued the payment and received the money back.

When I fill the form, do I need to state that I collected Child Benefit or leave it since I had refunded the money back?

[Amber]

Hi All

I am due for ILR next month and I would like to clarify a situation I found myself in 3yrs ago.

When my wife gave birth to my twin girls, I was wrongly advised then that since the kids where given birth in UK they where entitled to Child Benefit. I innocently applied and got confirmation from HMRC that they where entitled to it.

A week after the first payment was made, I called HMRC asking them to reconfirm this but yet they claimed they where entitled but when I reviewed Home office rules then, I could see that since they where my dependents, they where not entitled.

What I did was to write a letter back to HMRC explaining to them about my visa status and apologizing for the mistake. In same letter I told them to discontinue the payment and put in a cheque refunding the first and only payment they made.

I got a letter back from them telling me they had discontinued the payment and received the money back.

When I fill the form, do I need to state that I collected Child Benefit or leave it since I had refunded the money back?

Explain the situation clearly in the extra information box and provide evidence of your accounts (a copy of the letter) and you should be ok.