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Housing benefit comes under as a public fund however the guidance says Public FundsMuhammad123456789 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:58 amDear all,
I need your help in regards to below matter, hope you all doing well. Thanks in advance!
I have my wife and a kid Indian nationality. And both are my dependent on Spouse visa as a British/Settled Partner. I have ILR.
Both got their initial 3 years visa and we will apply for next 2 years extension after two years.
I have applied for my baby's child benefit who born out of UK, and I am getting his child benefit every week.
Now a days I have lost the job because of Covid and struggling financially and I am looking to apply for housing benefits from council. If I take all these benefits will that effect on their next visa extension?
Please guide me in this regard.
A person subject to immigration control is not considered to be illegally accessing
public funds if their partner is entitled to claim them in their own right.
OP can't claim Housing Benefit. Housing Benefit is one of the six welfare benefits that was replaced by Universal Credit for welfare claimants of working age. Universal Credit is made up of elements and has different rules to most (not all) of the old (legacy) welfare benefits it replaces. The Housing element of Universal Credit has different rules to the old legacy benefit called Housing Benefit.TODMATT wrote: ↑Wed Jan 05, 2022 2:58 pm
Housing benefit comes under as a public fund however the guidance says Public Funds
Public funds claimed by partners not subject to
immigration controlA person subject to immigration control is not considered to be illegally accessing
public funds if their partner is entitled to claim them in their own right.