Child benefit and visitor visa sponsorship

[anuje]

Hi,
I am an ILR holder.I will appreciate if someone can let me know about following: whether claiming child benefit (including working tax credit) will affect negatively when i sponsor my mother for visitor visa???

Anu

[jko]

This will not affect your mother's application for visitors visa. As long as you can should them that you have accomodation for her and she will not be a burden to the state, she shouldn't have any problem.