Housing benefit

[skysisi]

Hello! Please share me to those claiming a child tax credit, is your partner name included in your form even though she is a immigration control???

We wanted to make it sure before husband send the form. Thank you

[Terpe]

Hello! Please share me to those claiming a child tax credit, is your partner name included in your form even though she is a immigration control???
We wanted to make it sure before husband send the form. Thank you

Hi skysisi,
Firstly please do remember that even though you are subject to immigration control, you will not be considered as accessing public funds if it is your partner who is receiving the funds. Your partner is eligible and fully entitled to claim.

Secondly, Child and Working Tax credits must be claimed jointly as a couple.
However, UKBA do clearly state that "If only one member of a couple is subject to immigration control, then for tax credits purposes, neither are treated as being subject to immigration control.

So go ahead with the claim asap in the knowledge that it will have absolutely no impact on your immigration status and no impact on your ILR application.

Finally, your husband should also claim for and be receiving Child Benefit. Again there'll be no impact at all on your ILR application.

If you feel any insecurity at all (despite the above UKBA statement) then double check with an immigration advisor such as Victoria.

[skysisi]

Hi skysisi,
Firstly please do remember that even though you are subject to immigration control, you will not be considered as accessing public funds if it is your partner who is receiving the funds. Your partner is eligible and fully entitled to claim.

Secondly, Child and Working Tax credits must be claimed jointly as a couple.
However, UKBA do clearly state that "If only one member of a couple is subject to immigration control, then for tax credits purposes, neither are treated as being subject to immigration control.

So go ahead with the claim asap in the knowledge that it will have absolutely no impact on your immigration status and no impact on your ILR application.

Finally, your husband should also claim for and be receiving Child Benefit. Again there'll be no impact at all on your ILR application.

If you feel any insecurity at all (despite the above UKBA statement) then double check with an immigration advisor such as Victoria.

Thank you sir peter for the clarification and ill let my husband about it..
Anyway, about the housing benefit, the woman who did to fill up our form she doesnt put my name as a partner in there because she said im still not settled here,she just took a photocopy of our marriage certificate and the birth cert of our baby. About the calculation your all right the council people knows all if im still the immigration control she said they will write down there as a single parent only, we still waiting for the outcome from them..

[Terpe]

Thank you sir peter for the clarification and ill let my husband about it..
Anyway, about the housing benefit, the woman who did to fill up our form she doesnt put my name as a partner in there because she said im still not settled here,she just took a photocopy of our marriage certificate and the birth cert of our baby. About the calculation your all right the council people knows all if im still the immigration control she said they will write down there as a single parent only, we still waiting for the outcome from them..

That all sounds great skysisi...well done for moving forward correctly on that and thanks a million for your valuable feedback.

[Michael Parnham]

That all sounds great skysisi...well done for moving forward correctly on that and thanks a million for your valuable feedback.

Thanks Skysisi, All the paperwork from the local council had both our names on it, and I haven't seen any thing that refers to the calculation for me only, but having said that they paid me £69.76 per week and £80.77 per week towards our rent bear in mind, no children and I am on a pension. When Maritess started work all benefit stopped. How does that look Peter?

[Terpe]

By the way skysisi, how did you get on with the housing benefit claim ??

It's a huge help if you can let us have feedback on this especially for those couples following the same path and in the same circumstances as you.