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Child benefit in your name only?

Questions and discussions about claiming benefits while living and working in the UK

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Child benefit in your name only?

Post by paradoxical » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:31 am

Background: I have recently gotten my ILR based on Tier 2. My wife and son are still my PBs dependants and they will only qualify for ILR in 2021. I have searched in the forum regarding child benefit and I understand that I can claim child benefit in my name. (both my wife and son have no recourse to public funds).
I am filling the child benefit form and have filled my details in "About you". It however does have a section asking for "your marital or civil partnership status". Am I not supposed to give details of my spouse who is a Tier 2 dependant? And if I give her details there, am I am still claiming the child benefit correctly?

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Re: Child benefit in your name only?

Post by CR001 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:33 am

Yes you must give the details of your spouse. But it is YOU claiming.

Child tax credits, if you qualify, MUST be claimed in JOINT names with your spouse.
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Re: Child benefit in your name only?

Post by paradoxical » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:55 am

Thank you very much CR001.
Just another query in case you have answer. I called the HMRC helpline regarding this but they were clueless.
What original documents should I send along with the filled child benefit application form?
At the moment, I am assuming I need to send, in addition to the form,:
1: my BRP (showing ILR)
2: my son's passport
3: my son's BRP
My son was born abroad so I don't have a UK birth certificate. I can send the foreign birth certificate but I am assuming 2 and 3 would suffice.

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Re: Child benefit in your name only?

Post by CR001 » Tue Aug 01, 2017 11:10 am

And your passport.

You can't have a UK birth certificate if the child was born overseas. You must send the foreign birth certificate.
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Re: Child benefit in your name only?

Post by paradoxical » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:47 pm

Thank you :)

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