Universal credit under adequate maintenance route

[Obean118]

I’m sponsoring husband for the visa extension and I’m on carers allowance.
I am unsure how to calculate the income support equivalent for our family as I have a son but he is British, so does the family premium get added onto the value?
This is how I calculated it. Please advise on this.

Couple £133.30
Carers premium £42.75
Dependent child x1= £77.78
Family Premium £18.53
Total income support= £272.36

2. Question on how to increase income;
COSTS: mortgage and council tax total of £203 per week.

INCOME: £380.75-£386.75
(My husband net income £250 tax per week
£76.75 carers allowance/week
£24 child benefit/week)
£30-38 of cash savings per week.

So I need an extra £94.61/week to reach above £272.36. But I’m not at work at the moment, I can work part time and earn under £139 a week to still get carers allowance and still use adequate maintenance. But I have less than 26 weeks left before the visa extension application so won’t have 6 months to prove the financial requirement. I read that the employment can be from any period before the application and doesn’t have to be 6 months, so can I start working few months before the application and use that to reach adequate maintenance requirements for my case?
We won’t be reaching the financial requirements the months leading to the start of my employment so will this be an issue? Trying to figure it all out so any advice is welcome.
TIA

[Obean118]

Also forgot to add whether universal credit is a permitted source of income as I receive it but it’s on the “not permitted” source on one guidance but not on the adequate maintenance guidance

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... .0-ext.pdf

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... rement.pdf

[JB007]

I’m sponsoring husband for the visa extension and I’m on carers allowance.
...
INCOME: £380.75-£386.75
(My husband net income £250 tax per week

If your husband worked full-time, you could use his wages for the financial part of his sponsorship. Even if he could only earn the national mininimum hourly wage of £10.42, it would be just under 19k.

Have you used a benefit calculator to see how much better off you will be if he worked at least 35 hours a week?

[JB007]

Couple £133.30
Carers premium £42.75
Dependent child x1= £77.78
Family Premium £18.53
Total income support= £272.36

Also forgot to add whether universal credit is a permitted source of income as I receive it

Are you saying you receive Income Support and Universal Credit?
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benef ... -benefits/

[JB007]

What can trigger a move to Universal Credit, from the old benefits that Universal Credit replaced.
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/chang ... sal-credit


https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... or-couples
It's a joint Universal Credit claim for partners, but there is no couples element (extra benefit money) if the partner is on a visa and has No Recourse to Public Funds

[Obean118]

I’m sponsoring husband for the visa extension and I’m on carers allowance.
...
INCOME: £380.75-£386.75
(My husband net income £250 tax per week

If your husband worked full-time, you could use his wages for the financial part of his sponsorship. Even if he could only earn the national mininimum hourly wage of £10.42, it would be just under 19k.

Have you used a benefit calculator to see how much better off you will be if he worked at least 35 hours a week?

No he only works part time, we’re in the 6 months before the application now so can he now get a new job with more money and use that?

[Obean118]

What can trigger a move to Universal Credit, from the old benefits that Universal Credit replaced.
https://www.entitledto.co.uk/help/chang ... sal-credit


https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... or-couples
It's a joint Universal Credit claim for partners, but there is no couples element (extra benefit money) if the partner is on a visa and has No Recourse to Public Funds

No I’m not on income support, but it has to be calculated to figure out if we can go through the adequate maintenance route and if I can support my family. Also wanted to know if UC is a permitted benefit for adequate maintenance financial requirement

[Obean118]

Does anyone know if only the last month universal credit statement is sufficient as it doesn’t explicitly say how many months of proof needs to be submitted? The problem is that my monthly uc award amount is different each month (£80 in December and £290 in Jan, so big differences.)

Also can I just include the monthly award from the statement (page 1) or does the whole statement need to be sent؟