I am about to apply for my husbands Indefinite Leave to Remain and need a few answers, I have trawled the UKBA website however I cannot find the answers I need.
Background information
I was a contractor in IT when I became pregnant so I had to leave my job. I did receive Statutory Maternity Pay from the government.
Another question is about public funds. I am aware that my partner is not able to get recourse to public funds as he is on the spouse visa however I applied jointly with my husband as I did not have a job and husbands income was low, we received child tax credit and working tax credit. I DID tell HM Revenue & Customs that my partner does not get public funds due to the visa he is on however on the paperwork it says the working tax credit is paid to him and child tax credit to myself, the money goes into our joint account. My question…will we get into trouble or is it OK as I am a British citizen as is my daughter… we didn’t withhold any information from them.
One more thing I noticed is on the spouse visa application form…(the previous visa) where it says “when we got married and where” the date is incorrect :smack: my husband entered the date when I left Pakistan.. it is an error on my husbands part but in another question “have you lived with your sponsor in a relationship like a marriage or civil partnership” the correct date is mentioned. Also we did include our marriage certificate which showed the correct date…is this going to be a problem for our application of ILR?!
Also, about working tax credit, I don’t think that would be a problem as you are eligible to working tax credit based on both you and your husband’s income.
Now the last part about wedding dates…you have to talk to citizens advice bureau.
Ill be applying myself but we will go via the settlement checking service where the documents will be checked
Thanks hareem, I thought we was in trouble about the benefits!
Hmm so will they check the previous application ? Fair enough it was a incorrect date but shouldn’t the immigration people have picked up on it when they gave the visa?
Is it worth mentioning or should I leave it? If it gets picked upon then tell them what happened… I only noticed today as I was looking at the photo copies of the previous application as I needed the dates of when we met etc for the new form
If you’re giving in the application by hand then you can explain it to them by yourself…if you’re sending it by post then I’d suggest include a little note explaining the matter.
If it gets picked up and you haven’t told them beforehand then it would only delay your application as they might probably send it back to you for correction.
Good advice by hareem, i applied for hubbys also but that was years ago, alot must have changed. I would go to a advice center in your area just to have it double checked for free we have a asian advice center in our area for asian community that help you with all sorts, its worth checking out, good luck
As far as I know only child benefit is allowed any other benefits may cause problems. We just applied for my husbands ilr through a solicitor because we had some gaps in the two years he was on flr.
We have a son and the solicitor told us that if u have a child they will never refuse the visa because u have a British child who depends on u.
A lot has changed at ukba if u want same day service u have to go through a solicitor because there’s no appointments available grr! Ukba sux no human contact unless u go for same day service.