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Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

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Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by jai23155 » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:08 pm

Hi, I am on Tier 2 visa in Scotland and I recently got my Help To Buy application approved. I am wondering if the Help To Buy is counted as public fund. If it does I may have a problem with my ILR application next year. Can someone please advise? TIA

FYI - Help To Buy is interest free in Scotland for a maximum of 40years.
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Re: Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by Casa » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:09 pm

No it isn't.
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Re: Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by jai23155 » Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:59 pm

Do you mean to say I can say NO to the question 'Are you currently receiving or have you ever received public funds in the UK?' in my application form?

I checked with local Help To Buy agent (Grampian Housing), they went back to Scottish govt who now asked for copy of my visa. Lets see what happens.
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Re: Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by Amber » Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:55 am

Casa meant no, as in no it is not considered a public fund.
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Re: Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by Casa » Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:27 pm

Exactly. Thanks Amber.
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Re: Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by jai23155 » Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:49 am

Thanks for your time. Yeah I got that. Cheers
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Re: Is Help To Buy considered as public fund?

Post by docviv1 » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:38 pm

@jai23155
Are you eligible to get help to buy on tier 2 visa? I'm in a similar situation, my HTB equity loan has been approved and the whole deal is through a mortgage broker. I'm not sure if he ever mentioned about my visa status to the authority. I'm going to call them to confirm. I could not find any condition based on visa restricting me not to get HTB scheme though. I assume, on a tier 2 visa we are eligible to get help to buy? It's definitely not a public fund, clearly stated on some of the gov.uk website. Thanks.
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