I concur with Amber_, your friend simply does not understand the technical legislation in play here. No problem with Tax Credits being claimed in your circumstances.

Never confuse the terms "benefits" and "Public Funds". Not all benefits are within the definition of Public Funds, and for you in your circumstances, Tax Credits, either or both, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit, are not within the definition of Public Funds. So no problem...

My question is now taking WTC are ok or its any wrong affect on my wife ILR appliction in April 2014? Because i am not working my wife is working and she is subject to immigration control (I am not). It makes no difference whatsoever who, out of the joint claimants for Tax Credits, is actually work...

Further to that posted by abdulkhan881, Section 3C only applies if the new visa application was made prior to the expiry of the old visa. So please confirm that was actually the case, that is, you did indeed apply for your new visa before the old one expired? If Section 3C is in play then your old v...

beckz121, your post confirms to me that para 6A of the Immigration Rules is in play for you, and thus for that technical reason, for you, the HB and CTB you are receiving is not within the definition of Public Funds. We was claiming tax credits before but before i found this site was advised to stop...

But here of course nothing like £112.55 for the couple is actually being paid, in view of the income being generated by the visa holder.

If the £112.55 was actually being paid, because the visa holder was earning nothing or a low amount, then that would be a problem.

What is in play here, potentially, is para 6A of the Immigration Rules. This does not stop the claim for HB and CTB, but it does have something to say about the person with the time-restricted visa, with the "No Recouse to Public Funds" restriction, causing more such benefit to be payable ...

As the child is 11 years old, they were clearly born before 01.07.2006. Have a read of this UKBA webpage, which gives useful information relevant to your question.

Is the father named on the child's birth certificate?

beckz121, before I reply fully, please confirm that your partner's income is being taken into account in the calculation of how much HB and CTB you receive.

Also, roughly how much gross income, before deductions, is your partner earning?

Especially as you have a job to go to, I think the application should be made while the two of you are still in Uganda.

But I have no idea how long they take to process an EEA Family Permit in that country. Maybe phone the embassy and ask them?

Let's just summarise what we are talking about here. The instructions to UKBA staff looking at Naturalisation applications say :- 7.5 Discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions in the final 12 months may normally be exercised if: g. consideration of an application for indefinite leave to ...

So puma you applied for ILR on 29.09.12 and it was granted on 30.04.13. Were you in any way to blame for that delay? For example, did they raise any queries and you took a long time to reply? If the answer to that is "no", then have a look at this UKBA staff guidance , and in particular re...

Using your numbering :- Correct You need to appreciate that the term "Public Funds" is specially defined, and actually varies dependent upon circumstances. In view of para 6B of the Immigration Rules, for you the term "Public Funds" does not include the benefits you are talking a...

Its just my complications that pose a problem.

Especially if your application included evidence of your wife coming to SA to meet you, I would be surprised if your application for an EEA Family Permit was rejected.

When is your wife's two years up? Also, do you need to apply for your ILR next March? Or could you wait until your wife has met the two-year condition?

zubairbana, your Finnish wife, how is she exercising Treaty Rights in the UK? Employed? Self-employed? A Student? Or Self-sufficient?

Also when did the two of you last actually meet ... in person?

Given you are over 90 days, I think your proposed action is fine. That is, I do not think you should just ignore the standard requirement.

After you have got your ILR, no problem those benefit claims being made.

Also, given your daughter was born in the UK, you can make an application for her to be Registered as a British Citizen, under section 1(3), an entitlement application, no UKBA discretion involved.

If you look at this webpage you will see that :-

The UK does not recognise the effects of an adoption order made in Pakistan .......

-: and thus Pakistani adoptions would simply be ignored when considering the visa applications.

Have you legally adopted the children? If yes, in which country were those Court Orders made? I suspect that you have not legally adopted them. Accordingly when their Child Settlement visas are granted, they will get the same length of visa as their mother's spouse visa. By the way, when the childre...

A form VAF 4A will need to be completed in respect of each person, so three forms needed. As regards the forms for each of the children, your wife should complete them as if she was that child, the only exception being the fact that she should sign such form with her normal signature. The biological...

happy321. asked many many times before, the answer is clearly "yes"!

I really do wish UKBA would properly train their staff, and teach them to read the instructions to their staff.

Given that you have provided a link to the UKBA requirements for a application for Naturalisation of a spouse of a British Citizen, what part of that UKBA information are you not understanding?

Then 2004/38/EC does not apply for us? The issue is this. Your wife has a visa issued by the UK Government. She does not have a Residence Card or anything issued under EU regulations. Accordingly she is not entitled to travel into "Schengenland" without getting a Schengen visa. Not your c...