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Hi littlerr, he studied and graduated in 2018/19 and he's getting letter from the school too, he's been looking for part time work even before then and after then up till now and there are documentary evidences in support of that. What do you think? Also the job he's been applying to always turn him down as the jobs are over his permitted hours which is 18 hours per week as a carer.littlerr wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:56 amYes. Applicants are not supposed to use any means-tested social benefits in the last 3 years at least.
They may be able to justify some of the benefits as they have special needs children, however, that allowance is only like two grand a year, and is no excuse for not working for five years at all.
There are tons of part-time jobs and full-time remote working jobs out there. The government also provides free undergrad/postgrad courses for such people on Springboard+ to prepare themselves to work in the area where there is skill shortage. It’s not an excuse for not being able to work at all.
littlerr wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 2:30 pmHe would have to try harder. 5 years on social benefit without a job, with his spouse also on social benefit, simply won't work for any applicant.
How do they support themselves? Even with 3 carer allowances, that's still just a couple of thousand euros a year. Does his wife work just 18 hours a week to support his whole family of 5 people? Or do he and his wife receive other benefits?
Finally, he needs to understand that the carer allowance is a means-tested benefit. It means it is given to people of low income. He can't use that as an excuse of not being able to find a job over 18 hours a week. He should be working full time and use his salary to pay for their children's needs, as the majority of people here, especially immigrants do.
littlerr wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:02 pmWe won't be able to speak for the minister. After all, the Minister of Justice makes the final decision. However, when the staff in the citizenship department prepares the application, they will likely recommend a decision of 'Approve', 'Reject' or 'Need further review' based on the information they collect.
Having means-tested benefit in the past 3 years doesn't mean the application will automatically be rejected, but the applicant will have to prove that the use of benefit is unforeseen and temporary, and they have since been in a better financial position. You need to at least convince the staff that your application is in the 'need further review' stack instead of the straight rejection stack.
Some previous ministers are known to be very strict on this, but we don't have any data on how the current minister will do.