Hello. My wife (who has FLR M) and I (a British citizen) have a severely mentally disabled child for whom I am a carer. Our child is about to move long-term into a residential care home, as we cannot manage him at home any longer. We are about to apply for my wife's ILR M under adequate maintenance. I receive disability allowances for my child, but this will now change as he is moving into residential care. I will no longer be able to claim child benefit, carers allowance, or the care component of DLA for him. He will also be removed from my housing benefit claim, which will result in us being subject to the under-occupancy penalty. However, it appears that I will continue to receive the mobility component of DLA and also child tax credit (without a disability element) for him.
Although I will no longer receive Carers Allowance for my son, I do receive PIP for myself, and will be able to rely on that in its own right to qualify for the adequate maintenance category. After our son has moved into residential care, I intend to work on my career, but I'll wait until after submitting my wife's ILR M application for that, as it would complicate her application.
Anyway, my question is, what will happen with my wife's application if our benefit situation is in the process of changing while we are applying for her ILR M? Say, if we submit her application whilst we are awaiting processing of the changes to the benefits I receive, which could take weeks. I don't know what we should put on the application form if my benefits are in the process of changing/reducing, but the new amounts have not yet come through. Waiting until the changes have finished processing, and then waiting until we receive the new benefit letters plus a bank statement showing the changes, might mean we're cutting it close to the deadline by which we must apply for my wife's ILR M.
Thanks for any help.
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