ILR and Benefits query

[rk_niu1981]

Dear friends

Need your help please.

I got my ILR in March 2016, which is valid until 2024. My citizenship application is inprogress with home office now.

As I got my ILR, I applied for claiming child benefit and also disability living allowance, my daughter has diabetes.

* The child benefit claim application has been approved by HMRC
* The disability living application has been rejected citing that my daughter is not a british citizen.

My daughter is currently on Tier 1 general dependent visa and she qualifies for ILR only in 2019.

Please could you let me know if I am eligible to claim either of the above benefits. I want to get confirmation from board members as I do not want this to affect my daughter's ILR and citizenship applications in future.

Thanks for your time in advance.

[CR001]

Child benefit yes as you hold ILR.

Never heard of someone claiming disability living allowance for diabetes though. How do you believe she qualifies??

https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-al ... ligibility

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children may help with the extra costs of looking after a child who:

is under 16
has difficulties walking or needs more looking after than a child of the same age who doesn’t have a disability

[rk_niu1981]

Hi CR001
Thanks for prompt response.
My daughter has Type 1 diabetes, which requires extra looking after as we need to administer injection 6 to 7 times a day, and also check blood sugars every few hours.
The NHS Doctors only advised us to apply for DLA and a letter has been issued by them when I submitted the application. HMRC or GOV rejected our application only based on my daughter's current visa status.

[CR001]

Still never heard of it.

Usually, to qualify for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children the child must:

be under 16
need extra looking after or have walking difficulties
be in Great Britain, another European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland when you claim - there are some exceptions, such as family members of the Armed Forces
have lived in Great Britain for 2 of the last 3 years, if over 3 years old
be habitually resident in the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man or the Channel Islands
not be subject to immigration control

[CMOSUK]

Child benefit yes as you hold ILR.

Never heard of someone claiming disability living allowance for diabetes though. How do you believe she qualifies??

https://www.gov.uk/disability-living-al ... ligibility

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for children may help with the extra costs of looking after a child who:

is under 16
has difficulties walking or needs more looking after than a child of the same age who doesn’t have a disability

I thought they scrapped DLA and integrated it as personal independence payment?

Ahh nevermind its for adults they scrapped it.