newbie here and needs advise pls..

[IainBusby]

Hi Ana, Welcome to the forum, what's your husband's forum ID?
My wife claimed Child Benefit as soon as my step-daughter arrived here in 2007 and she even recieved some back payments. She was also on a spouse visa (no recourse to public funds) and she even got some As far as I know, Child benefit can be claimed by anyone who has a child or children, regardless of their income, regardless of any other benefits that the childs parent may be claiming and regardless of immigration status. If you do not claim it on their behalf, then your husband definately should.

Iain.

[Sun Shine]

Hello Stuana , welcome here to the forum.
Sun.

[Dedworth]

Hi Ana, Welcome to the forum, what's your husband's forum ID?
My wife claimed Child Benefit as soon as my step-daughter arrived here in 2007 and she even recieved some back payments. She was also on a spouse visa (no recourse to public funds) and she even got some As far as I know, Child benefit can be claimed by anyone who has a child or children, regardless of their income, regardless of any other benefits that the childs parent may be claiming and regardless of immigration status. If you do not claim it on their behalf, then your husband definately should.

Iain.

Possible dangerous ground the Home Office .pdf I sent specifically refers to Marriage Visas and Child Benefit.

I'd have thought rather than relying on any heresay posted here the best advice for Stuana is to phone the Child Benefit Helpline on 0845 302 1444

[Arthur Little]

Welcome Stuana.

My Filipina wife came here on a spousal visa in March this year. As we are BOTH older people WITHOUT dependants, regrettably neither of us is in a position to advise. But as far as I can make out [from reading others' posts] there would seem to be conflicting opinions about your eligibility (or otherwise) for claiming Child Benefit/Allowance.