the husband claiming child tax credit aside from the child benefit but am confuse again as i just notice it address to us BOTH NAMES does this normal??were married obviously but am just anxious if it will affect my application for ILR..as we know having a spouse visa is NOT intitled to claim any public funds while living in the UK any idea?? advice
When claiming Child Tax Credit your hubby will have ticked the box for himself as the claimant. If you are a couple, you cannot decide to claim as a single person.
Just to be sure you have no confusion. The Tax Credit application will automatically be a joint application at the request of HMRC and won't be a problem for your ILR application.
oh thats a brilliant inf my friend..although when he apply for this i already warn him and make sure to confirm that im not claiming anything but him..btw again ty for the reply erally appreaciated more questionsoon lolz
from what i know, only my husband can claim for child tax credit as I am not allowed to claim any benefit under my visa.. it was stated in the letter i received from uk border agency when i received my flr...
been clearly stated yes thanks for the inf..i was just really confuse as from the start having a spouse visa its been clearly stated to the visa itself that no recourse to public funds. but the husband applied for child tax credit because we are married and couple with children he must declare and wrote my name as his wife but ticking the box in the application that his the ONLY one who claim
Would Claiming child tax credits and child benefits affects my Citizenship application? I am just a Housewife but I studied courses during my ILR period and did not work as I cannot find a job!
As a holder of ILR you can claim any benefits to which you are eligible without any issue. Basically the same entitlement as a UK citizen. In principle the only immigration constraint still held against you is that you cannot leave UK for a continuous period of 2 years or more without loss of leave to enter. Which, surprisingly, does happen more often then you might imagine.
Hi! Micawber, I never exited UK since I arrived here! I have completed my 3 years of stay without leaving UK. would this help to speed up my application with Citizenship if there's no absences for them to count? Thanks a lot!
Providing those benefits are claimed in the name of your partner, there should not be any problem. In the case of Child Tax Credit I think you would still be named by your partner would be the applicant. For Child Benefit, I think your partner would be the sole applicant - and he could do this even if the child was not biologically his own, providing he has responsibility for the child.
Any holder of an ILR can claim child benefit in their own name (or any other benefit) without restrictions. Only one household and only one named recipient can get Child Tax Credit. It's down to an agreed personal decision who will get it.No need to actually be working to claim. Tax credits normally get paid directly into your bank account.
I don't know. I doubt it though, simply because all applications designated as 'clearly eligible' for each section would be grouped together on the same 'worklist'. Generally, for any visa applications (and naturalisation) for each section that needs caseworker attention the application gets entered onto an internal 'worklist'. The more worklists it appears on the longer it takes to process, especially if one worklist is dependant upon another before it can get worked and cleared. The objective should always be to submit applications with zero caseworker checks needed. Of course the random perfomance/quality checks cannot be predicted. They just get put onto any worklist indicated by 'the system'
Thanks Micawber, you are really an expert! I was worried for a while as my friends told me even I have ILR I should not claim any benefits as it will affect my Citizenship application. I am not working and was actually told by HMRC that since my partner is working abroad and not in any part of Europe that I was entitled to claim benefits so I should apply for individual, but I was confused because my friends told me not to claim any benefits at all even I am struggling with enormous bills! :'( Your knowledge is really useful and informative! Cheers! :cheer:
Mystica, I'm no expert at anything. Just I did work for HMRC in a previous life and have a small understand on thos things I worked on. Incidently I never workd on the benefits side Your circumstances don't follow the 'standard' position. Sometimes HMRC telephone advisors don't get it right. With ILR and a 'standard' position you are really fine and totally entitled to claim benefits in your own name. May I very kindly suggest you research the HMRC website just to be sure that what both I and HMRC say is correct for you. I think it is, but much better if you can validate yourself. Then you can become the Child Benefit/Child Tax Credit expert There are thousands of EU immigrants claiming the same and the children are not even living here in UK. Whoops! nearly started my usual EU rant then - Sorry!
Hi! Micawber, first I applied for both of us on forms/papers and I gave my husband's address abroad and they got back to me explaining since my husband is not working within UK or Europe territory, therefore I was advised with my entitlement and rights to apply individually! at first I did not believe what's on the form and I was scared to claim any benefits, so I called them and explained the situation not just once but twice and they all have the same explanations! therefore I went ahead with my applications and it was granted! Seriously! You are very knowledgeable in this matters! Thanks a lot! Cheers!
Not just that I gave them exactly how much is my husband's earning and supporting me so they said it's not what he earns they want to know, its what I earned! And of course I am jobless so its £0 :shock: but I did mentioned my husband support us but there's no earning for me to declare, but I did declared my husband is paying for the house rent and supporting us as his family and the child tax credit was granted!
