ILR application - Child tax credits and benefits, maternity

[allovera]

Hi,

I am a UK citizen and my husband is from South Korea, we are both living in the UK and he is here on a Spouse visa which will expire March 2013 - at which point he will be applying for his ILR.

We both work full time and have not claimed any benefits since my husband was granted his Spouse visa.

I am now 5 months pregnant with our first child and am wondering if we claim Child Tax Credits or Child Benefits will this affect my husband's application for his ILR.

Also, can I claim Statutory Maternity Pay once my company's maternity pay has ended without this affecting his application for ILR?

Help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Casa]

No problem. Apply for Child Tax credits in joint names...Child benefit in your name only.
Maternity pay isn't a Public Fund and won't affect your husband's application.

[allovera]

Thanks Casa, just to clarify though, you state that Maternity pay isn't a Public Fund - does this mean that Child Tax credits and Child benefit are? In which case, this is my confusion - it states on my husband's visa 'no recourse to public funds' - so surely then claiming CTC and CB would affect this and his ILR application??

Am I complicating things? Sorry if I am - but the more I read the more confused I get

[Casa]

You're entitled to claim CB in your name.
Child Tax credits have to be claimed in joint names...but as strange as this may seem, it won't be seen as your husband claiming.
Have a read through the pinned topic on the forum 'claiming benefits' .

[allovera]

Thanks, that's a bit clearer.. it does seem strange though about the CTC, but who am I to complain.

I will have a look at the pinned topic again, I must have missed some information on there the first time I read it.

Thanks for your time