Yeah, that's what I had thought too. Got a bit of a telling off from the council lady

Tell the truth, and apologise for not telling them earlier. If your partner does not work your HB/LHA will not be affected.

Just a quick note to say thank you for the excellent guidance I received here in December. Summary: I'm disabled, unable to work at the moment, supported by DLA, IS and HB; wife Canadian, also disabled and a full time student. We got turned down initially with our application for a spouse visa. We p...

The requirement for all parties on a HB/LHA claim to have a national insurance number was removed in April - get the to check their regs. I'm away from home at the moment so unfortunately I don't have the exact reference to hand.

The lawyer is wrong, you absolutely claim Housing Benefit/Local Housing Allowance if you meet the income criteria. You are not allowed to get a higher rate of benefit because your wife is living with you, but this is not a problem as the Housing Benefit/LHA rates for a single person with no children...

YOU as a British citizen or settled person can claim anything you are entitled to, only your partner has no recourse to public funds. So it is perfectly fine for YOU to claim JSA - so long as the amount does not increase because of your partner moving in (DWP should be OK with you claiming only the ...

You're fine to claim the single occupancy discount.

Utter garbage, that agency don't know what the heck they're talking about.

Thanks, RiFF, I really appreciate your taking the time to reply. We had a long talk last night, and taking into account the approval times some people are reporting, we'll probably go for the Spouse visa from Canada. Gonna be hard though

Thanks for writing back jei2, I owe you a pint (or 3!) aren't allowed to extend within the UK unless in very exceptional cases eg the carer concession. Ah, now this interests me. My fiancee and I are both disabled, me more so. I currently get Middle Rate (Care) and High Rate (Mobility) DLA, as well ...

jei2 & John, I've just been all over the forum and I can't find any guidance which says a person on a Visit visa (having not originally intended to marry on this trip), who then gets a COA is eligible for FLR(M) without leaving the UK. Rather the advice is to return to their home country and app...

Thanks jei2! I've just looked at the page you linked, and it does seem to apply to us (yay!). One line on this page does concern me - "You must apply at least four weeks before the end of your authorised stay in the United Kingdom". My fiancée's Visitor visa runs out on Dec 17th and we're...

John? Anyone?

Rather confused here

She's in the UK at the moment. She's on a Visitor visa and got a COA so we could get married over here (didn't want to do it in Canada, for various reasons).

I am a British citizen and am marrying my Canadian fiancee on December 6th in Scotland. Can we start the online application process for a Spouse visa (via WorldBridge or whatever they call themselves now) and book an appointment for her to have her biometrics done (target date: December 20th) before...

Oh OK, thanks for clearing that up. Tis a shame, but c'est la vie. Onward to Canada!

Nice idea, John, we hadn't considered that!

Am I right in thinking (I've done some more reading) that we could also apply for a COA and then she could apply for FLR(M) while in-country after the wedding?

Thanks John. We've worked out a budget that proves we can live on my benefits income alone (we're cheap ;)) She's in the UK on a visitor visa (valid until the end of December), so we're planning to go to Canada to apply for a fiancee visa before the end of the year. Since she's here on a visitor vis...

Hi, first off a big thank you to all the members on the forum who have posted information. I think I've got it right, but I'm a little paranoid when it comes to certain sectors of our lovely government, so I wanted to be absolutely sure. I am a British national, I claim Income Support (due to severe...