Quote Originally Posted by simplyxiao View Post
hi to all... am new here and have been reading some of the post and need some answer to my queries... hope you can help me.

about myself, am here in uk with a spouse visa and it will end by september, am not working ( i tried to apply for jobs but unfortunately i get a reply that the job is taken) , my husband is on benefits, we have no children, we have a little savings.

will it affect my ILR application that we are on housing and council tax benefits? (my husband is receiving pension guaranteed credit, he claims housing and council tax benefits and when i arrive here in uk we inform the council, they ask for my passport and NI number, and after a few days we get a letter that they adjusted the council tax to no more 25% discount as to the change of his circumstances)

do we need to be out of council tax benefit or we just pay the difference (25%) of his previous claim?

is it true that i can avail of the free dentist treatment as am a wife of a person receiving pension guaranteed credit?

am really confuse and nervous about my ILR application. i dont want it to fail and leave him here as he is diabetic.

thanks for reading my post. hope to hear from you soon.
Good Morning, and Welcome.

I would dearly like to answer your queries. However, my wife and I are in much the same "boat" as you and your husband - except that Myrna is not eligible to apply for her ILR for another two years, having only arrived here in March. Like your husband, I am in receipt of Guaranteed Pension Credit, being over the age of sixty. As well as an appropriate reduction in my Council Tax, this entitles ME to *free dental treatment, but I'm not sure if *it applies to my wife. I've always been meaning to find out, but just haven't got around to doing so yet ... THIS, and various other things too!!

Everything seems so complicated at the moment, and I just feel I'd like to give Myrna time to get fully settled first. One thing I DO know for sure, though, is that upon MY reaching the age of 65 in September, I'll only be able to claim a Single Man's State Pension.

I'm glad you've raised these issues, because maybe someone on the forum will be able to offer their expertise in answering the questions that affect both of you AND us. Hopefully, anyway!