single person tax discount from council tax will affect ILR/

[aknc789]

Hi,

Please I want to confirm one following query from you.

When my wife was not in UK around 5-6 months I was staying single (alone) person in my rented property. I have informed to council, "my wife went to INDIA" Then council applied "single person discount" (25%) on my bill.

Does it comes under Public funds. Does it affect my extension. Please confirm on this.

I am planning to apply extension, do i need to meantion as claimed for council tax discount. i thought it wont fall under public funds. could you please anyone answer for this.

Please find below link where I got information.

Immigration Rules:
Paragraph 6 of the Immigration Rules (see related link) defines benefits considered as
public funds for the purpose of the Immigration Rules.

The following benefits and forms of support count as public funds:
1. Council tax benefit
2. Council tax reduction

Found above information at link
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary)

could you please anyone answer for this query

thanks
nc

[Amber]

No, a discount is not a public fund.

[aknc789]

Thanks for your reply.
Does anyone got ILR/Visa extension successful if they used single person council discount.

could you please reply. i am bit tense on this.

thanks

[kash_hayyat]

AMBER IS RIGHT - COUNCIL TAX DISCOUNT IS NOT PUBLIC FUNDS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT ILR EXT.