As some people on here will know, my Filipina wife and her 2 Filipino children are in the UK and living with me. I realize that the terms of her visa are 'no recourse to public funds' but I did some digging around and discovered that, for example, since you are compelled to apply jointly for child benefit, that the 'no recourse' clause can not be deemed to apply to the UK national and hence is applicable to neither in this instance. I called HMRC and they confirmed to me that I should be able to apply for child benefit for the two filipino children in my name and my national insurance number. I will keep you posted how the application goes.
please do--i was wondering about this too. i cant see how it can be refused--every parent gets it --rich or poor. but i think higher earners end up paying more tax--dont they ?
Yes. You are right. If you earn below 50K you get all the benefit. For every one hundred pounds above 50K you earn, you pay back 1% of the amount in extra tax. Therefore when you read a gross salary of 60K (after pension contributions) all your child benefit is effectively taken away by extra taxation. The above is for PAYE salary. This is one of the reasons why running your own company becomes a very good idea.
In my first marriage, child benefit was paid to me because my ex wife was Japanese and not eligible. The children were mine, though. Am I right in getting it he impression they are not your children? That might make a difference, so it will be interesting to see what happens.
it would hardly seem fair if the sponsor of the child cant claim child benefit. but then when was immigration rules fair ?
Exactly. I claimed child benefit on behalf of both of us. Still do even though my wife is entitled to claim herself now. It goes into a joint bank account that only she really uses. Only difference is that our child is a Brit by birth.
I have got child benefit for my stepson but that was because his natural father was british and had to send birth cert with his father name on it but it does say the nationality dos not matter. https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/how-to-claim
