https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/518624/Public_funds_v13.0.pdf In the same document, on page 61 of 62, it gives some contact information: This page explains who to contact for more help with a specific case on public funds. If you have read the relevant Immig...
Thanks. I understand that I am able to claim any benefit as an individual, but since housing benefit is claimed as a couple it's still not clear if I can do that. The closest I've found is this document: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/518624/Public_funds_v1...
Hi, thank you for your reply. I'm going to ask one more thing, because you've been so great in helping me understand so far, the one thing that would clear it up for me: I've had a look at the links you provided detailing the Eind case law and its implication that I, as a BC am not required to be ec...
Thank you very much for your detailed answer. This information looks very promising. However, there is still one thing that I don't quite understand. All of the evidence you have pointed towards refers to the impact of the Eind judgement meaning the BC does not have to be in employment. For example,...
Hello! I am the husband and I have been asking about the same case with you in this thread: (http://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/insolvency-fund-claim-effect-on-wife-obtaining-citizenship-t208701.html#p1351920) In that thread, my question applied to accessing public funds. It is cle...
I hope that you are right, but that's not the way they described it at the Home Office. Can you point me to any official literature that proves what you are saying? Because the Home Office says that my wife, on an EEA family permit, needs to exercise treaty rights (including avoiding housing benefit...
Hi, I've just been on the Home Office Helpline and I've been told that for my wife to get permanent residence, i.e. EEA4, she cannot claim certain benefits, including Housing Benefit. Since we are married, I cannot claim it on my own, it has to be claimed as a couple. I asked about indefinite leave ...
I see you have merged my post with a previous post of mine. However, my question here is slightly different. I know that if I claim any NI or benefits as an *individual*, this won't have a negative effect on my wife's claim for citizenship, but seeing as *housing benefit* for example may be claimed ...
Hello. My wife is a non-EEA citizen who is living in the UK with me via the Surinder Singh route (I'm British). She currently has a 5 year EEA Family Permit and after 5 the years she hopes to apply for indefinite leave to remain and citizenship. Unfortunately, the company I worked for liquidated rec...
So just to be clear - you're saying me claiming benefits or using National Insurance now has no effect on my non-EU wife's (who is here on an EEA Family Permit) bid for British citizenship after 5 years residence?
My wife is a non-EU citizen with an EEA family permit obtained through the Surinder Singh route. We are aiming for citizenship after 5 years (we have about 2 years remaining before she can apply). I understand that part of the task in obtaining citizenship for her is that I do not claim benefits, th...
Hi, dalebutt. Yes, I didn't think that months previous to our residency commencing could be counted towards my five year residency. My question was the following hypothetical situation: We leave the UK in July 2014 and return five months later in December 2014. We then leave again in February 2015 f...
Thanks for the information. I still don't completely understand the criteria for retaining continuous residence. So, if more than six months absence in one go is not permitted, even if it is across two year cycles, what if the following happened (assuming my wife initiated UK residence in October 20...
Hi dalebutt, thanks for the reply. I'm not actually suggesting that I would be carrying over unspent time from previous years, what I am saying is that I would be spending three months abroad in the first year, and five months in the second year (therefore not being absent from the UK for more than ...
Hi. Thanks for the replies, but i'd like to followthis up because some of the most important questions I had still haven't been answered. My greatest concern is about the conditions under which my wife and I would be considered 'continuous residents' of the UK for our five year probationary period. ...
I am a British citizen with an American wife. We took the 'Surinder singh' route to get her the right to live with me in the UK, and she now has a five year residence permit as a family member of an EEA citizen. We are now thinking about the requirements for permanent residence after five years. The...
