Personal Immigration
Business Immigration
About Us
LATEST NEWS:
Trinidad and Tobago Nationals: Changes to UK Visa Requirements Client Success: Fast-Tracked Global Talent Dependent Visa Approved UK Unmarried Partner Visa: Does Cohabitation Still Matter? British Citizenship Application Granted: What Next? Skilled Worker Route & Senior or Specialist Worker Route Compared Sponsor Duties: Managing Third-Party Work for Skilled Workers Registering a Child Born in the UK as a British Citizen after 10 years UK Expansion Worker & Senior or Specialist Worker Routes Compared Are You Suitable for Family Settlement (ILR) in the UK? (Part 1) Who Can Be a Referee in a British Citizenship Application?

Please filter our resources:

LOCATION: Home » public funds

KNOWLEDGE
CENTRE

UK Family Visa Financial Requirement: State Benefits and Entitlements
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

This post explores the requirements for a Sponsor who wishes to sponsor family members to join them or remain with them in the UK, but relies on income from certain entitlements or benefits received due to disability,...

 illness, injury or caring responsibilities.   It is important to understand which benefits or entitlements the Sponsor can rely upon to meet the financial requirements for sponsorship, and which they...

Public Funds Part 2: Claiming Child Benefit
By Alexandra Pease - Barrister Partner

In this second post, following on from Public Funds Part 1: Public Funds and Coronavirus we examine the one benefit that can potentially be claimed by migrants subject to the no recourse to public funds condition...

 – child benefit. Claiming Child Benefit – Entitlement When applying for further leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain, questions the forms almost inevitably ask are whether public funds...

New Immigration Rules on Public Funds & Children
By Geraldine Peterson - Immigration Barrister

On 20 June 2022, a new paragraph (GEN.1.11A) to Appendix FM of the Immigration Rules will take effect, giving further clarity to the use of public funds by those responsible for the care of children, who otherwise,...

 because of the nature of their leave to remain in the UK, would have ‘no recourse to public funds’ (NRPF).  The old paragraph GEN.1.11A – a ‘lack of clarity’ in compliance with the duty to...

Public Funds Part 1: Public Funds and Coronavirus
By Stefania Patuto - Immigration Barrister

No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) is a condition imposed on an individual’s immigration status in the UK, which prevents them from accessing certain benefits and forms of support. This continues to cause concern...

 and particularly more so now for those whose income has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. This article will form part of a series of 3 articles on public funds and the recent developments in light...

DOWNLOAD OUR
BROCHURE

Expert advice & representation from immigration barristers that you can rely on.

Google+ - Five Stars

Read the 600+ five out of five star Google reviews of our immigration barristers.

More
AWARDS