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Wed Mar 13, 2019 11:51 am

my question is about child benefit can i claim it for my daughter and maybe step daughter? and now they and tax credits are in this universal credit

Child Benefit is not part of Universal Credit. If you are allowed Public Funds, claim Child Benefit in your own name only.

UK citizens ... If you're planning to move back to the UK and you think you will need means-tested benefits and housing straight away, think about how you would cope if you can't meet the conditions of the HRT for three months or more https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/british-and-irish-cit...

Thank you for your replies. I am returning to UK due to brexit and want to use surinder Singh route before it's no longer available. We have savings for now but I know we will soon need help in case we don't find jobs before we run out of money. Whether Singh will work for your husband is matter fo...

Does anybody know whether we can apply as the home office was very unsure and told me that he had never been asked this question before. If you and your husband are claimingTax Credits (legacy benefit), maybe check if you can claim help with childcare via that? I'm not sure how the replacement bene...

Thank you, I have no idea how this works as we have never had any, even for this one for my mom was somebody's suggestion and there is no problem if they won't give her, she lives with us anyway. She might get it because of the welfare rules at the moment, but be prepared for any changes (reduction...

There will be more benefit cuts too in future, including for exisitng claimants, as we are already seeing. The UK has been forced to bring in an annual welfare bill cap. Only the State Pension is ringfenced from any future benefit cuts as that is now contribution based. JSA is also ringfenced from c...

Thank you very much, sounds so complicated... We've sent what they have asked for, there is no problem if she does not qualify, just tried. Not really complicated. It's all part of stopping UK benefits from being "a magnet to the UK", which they said they would do back in 2013. The UK's b...

Do those who are subject to immigration control, get childcare vouchers from work?
https://www.gov.uk/help-with-childcare- ... e-vouchers

Interestingly, they're not saying IT IS public fund, but they're saying that if your visa says that, you can't have this benefit. Is it perhaps that only those who are receiving certain other welfare benefits which are on the public funds list are eligible for the tax-free childcare? Hence while it...

Looking back on your posts, I see you are intending to use the Surinder Singh route to bring a spouse to the UK. I have read on here that the British citizen will have to be an EU qualifed person when they use this route to the UK and therefore you cannot have means tested benefits for your family ...

My Wife arrived on a spouse visa in April " You can drive in Great Britain on your full, valid driving licence for 12 months from when you became resident After 12 months you’ll need to apply for a provisional licence and pass the theory and practical driving tests to drive in Great Britain.&q...

Looking back on your posts, I see you are intending to use the Surinder Singh route to bring a spouse to the UK. I have read on here that the British citizen will have to be an EU qualifed person when they use this route to the UK and therefore you cannot have means tested benefits for your family b...

Have you looked to see if you can claim from the EEA country you are residing in? They may pay more benefits and might not have the strict work requirements and sanctions that the UK has.

Hello I have spend a few years in another EU country .I am now returning to the UK. How many months do I have to live here to satisfy the residency test before I can apply for benefits such as income support . I know I need to wait three months before applying for child benefit but need to know abo...

Many Thanks one again Could you please also tell me if claiming universal credit or Housing Benefit will affect my wife's ILR application in future? i am all ready getting Tax Credit. i will be waiting .. Many Thanks You don't get the choice of which benefit to claim as Housing Benefuts is one of t...

Hi I am new to this forum and just needing a bit of advice. I have permanent residency in the UK and married, my husband is on the 10 year route spousal visa and we get child benefit and tax credit for our daughter. A year ago all this changed when his uncle came to visit and abandoned his 3 childr...

Also be aware that apart from the money parents are expected to earn when they ask for low income benefits, you will likely get less benefit money when you are on Unversal Credit as you are not working many hours. The Welfare Reform laws ensure that work pays and that benefits claimants are not bett...

"You might face conditionality requirements even though you are already in work. Your conditionality requirements depend on how much you are earning and whether your wages are over your earnings threshold. If you are earning below your threshold you will be expected to make efforts to increase...

Many thanks for reply We both work part time because we have two young children aged 3 and 4 which we have to look after. could you please point out where it says one parent have to work 35 hours a week ? once again Many thanks Under the Welfare Reform laws, both parents can no longer choose to onl...

Dear Members Housing Benefits or universal credit (which includes housing benefits) I am Neutralized British Citizen and I have 2 children, 4 years old and 3 years old both are British citizen and my wife she is on 2nd FLR (M) Visa she is due to apply ILR in 2022. Our household income is £18600. we...

whilst showing no such reluctance in granting leave to someone who is quite happy to sit in their bedroom all day awaiting ILR so that they can claim benefits. Any input would be really helpful. And because of that and what the figures showed, the government said that they would stop "benefits...

I don't know if you are allowed to put somebody who is subject to immigration control, on a Universal Credit claim. UC is nothing like Tax Credits. Unless somebody can find the rules for Universal Credit about where one claimant is subject to immigration control , it might be better to go to the CA...

CR001 was replying to the poster who started this thread last year. The rules have changed.

No and no. Remember that if you claim tax credits it MUST be claimed in JOINT names with your spouse. Remember also that for her extension you have to meet all the same financial requirements again and benefits cannot be used to show this. Thanks for your reply, really appreciated. You can't claim ...

There have already been lots of changes to the Pension Credit benefit and the State Pension, with the government giving notice on these changes years before, to prepare those who had hoped to claim these. The latest of these changes they gave notice on and that is coming in, is that a younger spouse...