Hi all,

Been a while since i posted hey, well this one i need to find some help soon for this poor girl who maybe thrown out of her home very soon, i shall write as basic as i can with as much info as i can and add to it as i get the answers from her, its difficult for me as i am not certain on the events of things but the basic story is

My wifes friend came here on a spouse visa , her british partner they met in the PI, they already had a young son with british passport and have since had a daughter, So they married in the UK while she was here on the spouse visa,
Since then they have separated and the guy wouldn't give her any of her paperwork needed for her to do the ILR and her visa expired, He also decided she was not going to be the one to look after their kids,, she eventually got custody of the kids through a court and another 2 year visa but not the ILR,, ( am not 100% sure on her visa now but it was with the help of an immigration lawyer)

So since she had custody of the kids the couple then divorced and he agreed to pay maintenance to her for them to live and pay the rent on the house etc,,


Only a couple of weeks ago the guy has stopped making the payments and the lady is about to be made homeless along with her children ,, very young kids like 8 and 6 yr olds,

So does anyone have any idea about her claiming housing benefit? she has been to the citizens advice buero and they say she is not entitled to anything as non recourse on her visa,

Seems very harsh to me, she will no doubt get evicted after a few months of non payment of rent, she does work but earns pittance , like £100 a week odd cleaning,

She is in a very bad situation and right before chrtistmas also, i am just asking for any advice i can pass on to her, as every office she has been to so far have told her there is nothing they can do... i find this very hard to understand as there is 2 young kids involved here and our country DOES NOT let this happen does it?

thanks for any advice ,