Re: Child Benefit and all sorts

[Tiggers0608]

Hi ,

so can they really have access to child benefits or tax credits or family tax credit??? what can we get for our children if they're born in the phils and holding phil passport and father is british but living with their dads now and that will not affect our ILR in the future.

thanks just getting confused with everything now. as some say they can get child tax credit but the H&M revenue and custom said we cant get it for our daughter, well my husband was trying to apply for it as i can't do that.

[joebloggs]

Tax Credits, Absolutely no problem you and your British hubby submitting joint claims for Tax Credits, either in the past or now. The legislation .... reg 3(2), Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003, as reinforced by Rule 6B of the Immigration Rules .... states that where one of the couple is a person subject to immigration control (you if you don't have ILR) and the other of the couple is not (your hubby) then for Tax Credits purposes only both are treated as not subject to immigration control .... and thus Tax Credits claims are totally OK, and for such a couple technically Tax Credits are not within the definition of Public Funds.

but what you would get depends on your husbands income and yours if you work, and don't forget only he can claim not you, but you both have to fill the form in, no problems with child benefit to.

i've been claiming both for the last 2yrs, to help pay for child care as i work, and the misses works part time.. and she got ILR while i was claiming so no probs..

what reasons did they give for refusing it for your daughter ? i'm sure you can even claim it for step kids.

i take it your daughter is in the uk?

[Tiggers0608]

Tax Credits, Absolutely no problem you and your British hubby submitting joint claims for Tax Credits, either in the past or now. The legislation .... reg 3(2), Tax Credits (Immigration) Regulations 2003, as reinforced by Rule 6B of the Immigration Rules .... states that where one of the couple is a person subject to immigration control (you if you don't have ILR) and the other of the couple is not (your hubby) then for Tax Credits purposes only both are treated as not subject to immigration control .... and thus Tax Credits claims are totally OK, and for such a couple technically Tax Credits are not within the definition of Public Funds.

but what you would get depends on your husbands income and yours if you work, and don't forget only he can claim not you, but you both have to fill the form in, no problems with child benefit to.

i've been claiming both for the last 2yrs, to help pay for child care as i work, and the misses works part time.. and she got ILR while i was claiming so no probs..

what reasons did they give for refusing it for your daughter ? i'm sure you can even claim it for step kids.

i take it your daughter is in the uk?

Yes, my daughter is in UK , we went here on same time. but i dont know coz the Revenue said we cant have a child tax credit.

[IainBusby]

the Revenue said we cant have a child tax credit.

Given what Joe has told you, the only reason they would not pay you child tax credit is if your husband and your joint income is too much to qualify.

Iain.

[joebloggs]

Given what Joe has told you, the only reason they would not pay you child tax credit is if your husband and your joint income is too much to qualify.

Iain.

yes that's the only reason i can think of, but still he can claim child benefit, and if both work, maybe the gov will pay some of the childcare, if they use a child minder..

[Geraldine]

Hi!

I agree, your husband can claim benefit on your behalf. In my case, we opted not to get any benefits, I only claimed child benefit for my 2 sons after getting my ILR.

[anngrimes78@msn]

the only reason i can see why your husband cant claim is bcoz your kids are not yet british citizen. you said the kids is holding a philippine passport.

[joebloggs]

the only reason i can see why your husband cant claim is bcoz your kids are not yet british citizen. you said the kids is holding a philippine passport.

doesn't matter if they are british citizens, also if the guy is british and they are his kids then they would likely be british by descent, and even if their not , you can still claim for step kids.

oh and Europeans living in the uk can claim child benefit and tax creds for their kids, even if their not in the uk

[vbkelly]

the only reason i can see why your husband cant claim is bcoz your kids are not yet british citizen. you said the kids is holding a philippine passport.

i think its depend in your income

[joebloggs]

yes it depends on your income, as the more you earn the less you get.

but if you both work, you still might be able to claim for the child care element of tax creds, where the gov will pay upto 70% of childcare costs

[deckard97f]

I have the application form for Tax Credits, it asks for my wife's National insurance number (she doesn't have one)

Would i be advisable to get this first and if so how do you go about it?
I don't think she'll really need it for a t least a year

Deck

[Tiggers0608]

I have the application form for Tax Credits, it asks for my wife's National insurance number (she doesn't have one)

Would i be advisable to get this first and if so how do you go about it?
I don't think she'll really need it for a t least a year

Deck

Hi , if your applying for tax credits you really need your wife's NI number, if she didnt have 1, she can go to your nearest jobcentre plus offices or social security offices to get the national insurance number. Your wife can tell them you need it for your tax credits claim.

She just present her passport, show the visa on it, and 1 letter with her name and address (of course a valid 1 like from NHS, home office etc) and your marriage certficate (sometimes they asked for it)

good luck hope this help

[joebloggs]

i think your wife needs one b4 you can send the form off, i think you need to phone the tax creds people up and tell them your wife doesn't have one, so they can arrange for your wife to attend an interview to get one, which could takes weeks, but your claim can be backed dated.