drkooper wrote:Casa wrote:When does your wife's Tier 1 dependent visa expire?
It is valid until July 2017.
I have gone through the link. I want to know about housing benefit in particular.
Look at the other link Casa gave too, that was about benefits.
Here is another link which reads that it is no housing benefit for 3 months as you have been out of the UK for more than 3 months, but you
might be able to claim benefits for your child (Child tax Credits and Child Benefit) if you meet the exceptions. Look on their governmnet link for other exceptions.
https://www.turn2us.org.uk/Benefit-guid ... %20seekers
"No EEA job seekers will be able to access Universal Credit without having worked here first.
An EEA national who is a job seeker used to be able to claim income-based Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA), Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit within the initial three month right of residence period and as a result would be able to claim Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support as well. This is no longer the case.
If the EEA jobseeker (
or British citizen returning from three months or more abroad) hasn't worked since arriving in the UK, a three month residency rule has been introduced. In order to make a JSA claim they will have to provide evidence of how long they have been living in the UK (or the Common Travel Area), for example, a travel document, utility bill or tenancy agreement, to show they have been living here for at least three months. If it is decided that there is not sufficient evidence they will not pass the Habitual Residence test.[/b]
For Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit there are exceptions to the three month residency rule, covering people who:
Usually live in the UK and were receiving Child Tax Credit when they moved abroad for less than 1 year
Had lived in the UK for three months when they moved abroad for less than 1 year
Other exceptions can be found in the Gov.UK website information on tax credits if you leave or move to the UK
