Child Benefit

[feasantplukka]

Hi now my wife & son are in the UK can we claim child benefit? my wifes visa ( settlement ) states no recourse to public funds, also my son only has a Thai birth certificate, but a British Passport, would it still be possible to claim? do I claim? does my son need a british birth certificate?

[CharlieB]

Hi now my wife & son are in the UK can we claim child benefit? my wifes visa ( settlement ) states no recourse to public funds, also my son only has a Thai birth certificate, but a British Passport, would it still be possible to claim? do I claim? does my son need a british birth certificate?

Yes, you can claim child benefit and also child tax credits (This is income related though, so you might not get too much).

[Freddie212]

Hi now my wife & son are in the UK can we claim child benefit? my wifes visa ( settlement ) states no recourse to public funds, also my son only has a Thai birth certificate, but a British Passport, would it still be possible to claim? do I claim? does my son need a british birth certificate?

Yes you claim,however arriveing from a none eu state it takes 6 month to proses rather than the normal 3 months,about the birth cert,I sent them the original Thai birth cert and i got a letter back saying could i send an english one which i had,think the letter also said if i hadnt got one to explain why,now application has been in for 4 months and am expecting to get it about september,which will be backdated.Me thinks british child no probs.

[ThaiVisaExpress]

For the child yes i do for my wife's daughter.

[CharlieB]

Hi now my wife & son are in the UK can we claim child benefit? my wifes visa ( settlement ) states no recourse to public funds, also my son only has a Thai birth certificate, but a British Passport, would it still be possible to claim? do I claim? does my son need a british birth certificate?

Yes you claim,however arriveing from a none eu state it takes 6 month to proses rather than the normal 3 months,about the birth cert,I sent them the original Thai birth cert and i got a letter back saying could i send an english one which i had,think the letter also said if i hadnt got one to explain why,now application has been in for 4 months and am expecting to get it about september,which will be backdated.Me thinks british child no probs.

Didn't take 6 months for me when I claimed for my daughter. I received it within about 2 or 3 months.

[The Philosopher]

Hi now my wife & son are in the UK can we claim child benefit? my wifes visa ( settlement ) states no recourse to public funds, also my son only has a Thai birth certificate, but a British Passport, would it still be possible to claim? do I claim? does my son need a british birth certificate?

Yes you claim,however arriveing from a none eu state it takes 6 month to proses rather than the normal 3 months,about the birth cert,I sent them the original Thai birth cert and i got a letter back saying could i send an english one which i had,think the letter also said if i hadnt got one to explain why,now application has been in for 4 months and am expecting to get it about september,which will be backdated.Me thinks british child no probs.

It is also backdated from the date of arival in the UK if you can prove this with tickets or passport stamps