British passport for my childern born in the UK if I claimed working tax credits in the past 5 years

[Hanka]

Hello

I am a Czech national and have been in a full time employment for more than 5 past years. Unfortunately I did claim working tax credits for more than 6 months as hmrc refused to stop paying me when I told them about a new job in 2012 and asked them for a withdrawal. I got overpaid in the tax year 13/14 and paid the whole sum back.

My question is if I will be classified as 'exercising treaty rights' for the past 5 years when applying for my new borns' british passport? Or will my application be declined due to the reliance on public funds?

Many thanks in advance for your help.
Hana

[alterhase58]

Working tax credit is something you are entitled to whilst working and earning below a certain threshold. It is not reliance on public funds. So you should be ok to apply for the passports under treaty rights, if you got all the documentation.

[Hanka]

Thank you very much for your quick response. I have all of mine P60 forms that I am hoping to use.