Thanks John, Are you saying that keeping the money that my wife was not entitled to is the right thing to do? Also, if Home Office somehow finds out that the child benefits was being claimed under my wife's name, they could potentially reject her application. There is always the chance that they wil...

Thank you John, We have already informed HMRC of the error and now will return all the money claimed under my wife's name. When applying for extension of my Tier 1 I will certainly dosclose my situation to the Home Office. This was an oversight on our part, but since we would return all money at the...

Hello, My daughter is a NZ citizen, and so am I. However my wife is a national from Azerbaijan. WE have been claiming child benefit under my wife's name. We are both on Tier 1 visa in UK with "no recourse to public funds". I unerstand that if I applied for child benefit under my name it wo...

Dear John, My daughter is a NZ citizen, and so am I. However my wife is a national from Azerbaijan. WE have been claiming child benefit under my wife's name. We are both on Tier 1 visa in UK with "no recourse to public funds". I unerstand that if I applied for child benefit it woould be ok...