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is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by 12345678 » Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:16 pm

i have been told to provide proof of continuous residence (for ilr to brp ) since ive been in the country

the problem is i just turned 18 and its been difficult to gather documents 17 years ago

there are hmrc child tax documents but its sent in my mothers name although i am included in the document with my name and date of birth as a recipient of the child benefit


is that an accepted document or does it have to be sent in my name to my address

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Re: is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by JB007 » Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:19 pm

12345678 wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:16 pm
i have been told to provide proof of continuous residence (for ilr to brp ) since ive been in the country

the problem is i just turned 18 and its been difficult to gather documents 17 years ago

there are hmrc child tax documents but its sent in my mothers name although i am included in the document with my name and date of birth as a recipient of the child benefit


is that an accepted document or does it have to be sent in my name to my address
When the two wefare payments Tax Credits were invented a few years ago, Child Tax Credits and the 16 hours a week between them that their parents only had to work to get Working Tax Credits, was only intending for their children living in the UK. Following a court case brought by EU migrants, the UK was forced to provide this too if they had children in another EEA country. Your parents claiming Tax Credits will not prove you were in the UK.

If your parent claimed Universal Credit (which replaces the short lived Tax Credits) that has many different rules and stricter work regulations for both parents, one of the condtions is that the child must be in the UK.

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Re: is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by secret.simon » Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:25 pm

12345678 wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:16 pm
i have been told to provide proof of continuous residence (for ilr to brp ) since ive been in the country
It is unclear whether you already have ILR and are merely transferring it to a BRP ro whether you are applying for ILR. If the latter, can you list your previous immigration history?
I am not a lawyer or immigration advisor. My statements/comments do not constitute legal advice. E&OE. Please do not PM me for advice.

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Re: is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by 12345678 » Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:42 pm

secret.simon wrote:
Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:25 pm
12345678 wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:16 pm
i have been told to provide proof of continuous residence (for ilr to brp ) since ive been in the country
It is unclear whether you already have ILR and are merely transferring it to a BRP ro whether you are applying for ILR. If the latter, can you list your previous immigration history?
i do have ilr and im trying to transfer to brp using this link https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence- ... e-visa-brp sry for the confusion

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Re: is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by 12345678 » Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:43 pm

JB007 wrote:
Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:19 pm
12345678 wrote:
Thu Jul 23, 2020 4:16 pm
i have been told to provide proof of continuous residence (for ilr to brp ) since ive been in the country

the problem is i just turned 18 and its been difficult to gather documents 17 years ago

there are hmrc child tax documents but its sent in my mothers name although i am included in the document with my name and date of birth as a recipient of the child benefit


is that an accepted document or does it have to be sent in my name to my address
When the two wefare payments Tax Credits were invented a few years ago, Child Tax Credits and the 16 hours a week between them that their parents only had to work to get Working Tax Credits, was only intending for their children living in the UK. Following a court case brought by EU migrants, the UK was forced to provide this too if they had children in another EEA country. Your parents claiming Tax Credits will not prove you were in the UK.

If your parent claimed Universal Credit (which replaces the short lived Tax Credits) that has many different rules and stricter work regulations for both parents, one of the condtions is that the child must be in the UK.
oh wow that is great news can i use that universal credit as proof of countinus residence?

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Re: is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by secret.simon » Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:36 pm

12345678 wrote:
Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:42 pm
i do have ilr and im trying to transfer to brp using this link https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence- ... e-visa-brp sry for the confusion
When did you get ILR? You will likely only have to prove continuous residence from the time you got ILR till now.
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Re: is child tax credit a proof of continuous residence

Post by 12345678 » Fri Jul 24, 2020 4:35 pm

secret.simon wrote:
Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:36 pm
12345678 wrote:
Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:42 pm
i do have ilr and im trying to transfer to brp using this link https://www.gov.uk/biometric-residence- ... e-visa-brp sry for the confusion
When did you get ILR? You will likely only have to prove continuous residence from the time you got ILR till now.
2004 yea its been a while , the problem is we moved cities and some documents got lost i got as much as i could gather but dk if that will be enough

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Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by 12345678 » Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:12 pm

I have amazing news pls read to the end :)

i applied for ilr to brp transfer and paid the usual 6months fee thinking id wait for long , i gave every document i could that proved i was in the country (since 2004 :( ) it wasnt much (school exam letters , nhs medical cards ) ill be honest it was alot of stress finding documents from 16 years ago

i recieved my brp decision and delivery confirmation 2 days after my biometric appointment

i know its mad i paid for the 6months and recieved in 2 days :lol: im so happy rn

if i could guess id say its mostly cause i turned 18 this year so the gov probably had my info for a while :?

anyways hope this helped anyone gl to anyone applying :D , its crazy how much things changed since my last thread

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Re: Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by KevT123 » Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:55 pm

Hi
Congrats on your fast decision!
Just wondering how you were able to get a BRP appointment so fast. Ive made my application since August, fair enough Ive only paid for it today but I havent been able to get an appointment to enroll my BRP documents etc. How long did it take for you to get an appointment from the payment of your application?
thanks

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Re: Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by AmazonianX » Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:04 pm

12345678 wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:12 pm
I have amazing news pls read to the end :)

i applied for ilr to brp transfer and paid the usual 6months fee thinking id wait for long , i gave every document i could that proved i was in the country (since 2004 :( ) it wasnt much (school exam letters , nhs medical cards ) ill be honest it was alot of stress finding documents from 16 years ago

i recieved my brp decision and delivery confirmation 2 days after my biometric appointment

i know its mad i paid for the 6months and recieved in 2 days :lol: im so happy rn

if i could guess id say its mostly cause i turned 18 this year so the gov probably had my info for a while :?

anyways hope this helped anyone gl to anyone applying :D , its crazy how much things changed since my last thread
Congratulations, thats some pretty fast response.

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Re: Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by 12345678 » Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:20 pm

KevT123 wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 2:55 pm
Hi
Congrats on your fast decision!
Just wondering how you were able to get a BRP appointment so fast. Ive made my application since August, fair enough Ive only paid for it today but I havent been able to get an appointment to enroll my BRP documents etc. How long did it take for you to get an appointment from the payment of your application?
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hi kev thx for the warm reply

dont qoute me on this :D but i think ukvcas are doing 1month at a time (if u payed in may u get appointment booking enabled in june , if u payed in june u get it enabled on july) i may be wrong but thats my theory , it says on their website that this is the fairest approach or something i forgot

i payed for the appointment on the 21 of july and the appointment booking was made available on the 3-5th of august (cant remeber exact ) i made my appointment on the 25th of august ( the earliest available for free at the time )

UKVCAS will send u an email telling you they have enabled you to book appointments keep checking your email once a day but dont stress it out bro

also shoutout to the nice staff at hm passport office in birmingham they were very professional and the staff were extremely considerate even though i was messing up my fingerprints (due to stress :lol: )

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Re: Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by 12345678 » Thu Sep 03, 2020 5:22 pm

AmazonianX wrote:
Thu Sep 03, 2020 3:04 pm
12345678 wrote:
Wed Sep 02, 2020 3:12 pm
I have amazing news pls read to the end :)

i applied for ilr to brp transfer and paid the usual 6months fee thinking id wait for long , i gave every document i could that proved i was in the country (since 2004 :( ) it wasnt much (school exam letters , nhs medical cards ) ill be honest it was alot of stress finding documents from 16 years ago

i recieved my brp decision and delivery confirmation 2 days after my biometric appointment

i know its mad i paid for the 6months and recieved in 2 days :lol: im so happy rn

if i could guess id say its mostly cause i turned 18 this year so the gov probably had my info for a while :?

anyways hope this helped anyone gl to anyone applying :D , its crazy how much things changed since my last thread
Congratulations, thats some pretty fast response.
ye man i was so shocked when i recieved the delivery email legit thought it was a mistake

also it arrived today pretty fast delivery ngl

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Re: Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by KevT123 » Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:02 am

Hey again,

Great news! I've just received my invitation to book an appointment. I have some questions if youre able to answer them or give me some insight if thats ok mate. I was pretty shocked to see that theyre charging appointments, Its £110 for one but I was under the impression that once I had paid the initial £248.20 to transfer my ILR to BRP I was done paying anymore fees. Did you have to pay for an appointment?

furthermore, theyre also charging to have documents uploaded on your behalf or you can do it yourself if you'd rather not pay the service charge. I'd rather upload them myself. Do you know how you upload your own documents? Is a simple picture of your documents and upload of it sufficient or is there a particular way like digital scanning?

I really appreciate your help and a massive thanks in advance!

Kev

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Re: Great hope for any one applying for ilr to brp

Post by AmazonianX » Sat Sep 12, 2020 5:51 pm

KevT123 wrote:
Sat Sep 12, 2020 1:02 am
Hey again,

Great news! I've just received my invitation to book an appointment. I have some questions if youre able to answer them or give me some insight if thats ok mate. I was pretty shocked to see that theyre charging appointments, Its £110 for one but I was under the impression that once I had paid the initial £248.20 to transfer my ILR to BRP I was done paying anymore fees. Did you have to pay for an appointment?

furthermore, theyre also charging to have documents uploaded on your behalf or you can do it yourself if you'd rather not pay the service charge. I'd rather upload them myself. Do you know how you upload your own documents? Is a simple picture of your documents and upload of it sufficient or is there a particular way like digital scanning?

I really appreciate your help and a massive thanks in advance!

Kev
The HO has contracted part of the process out. While the said contractors may have their own commission on the fees you paid, there is 'no harm' if they can make more off you by all means (or you keep checking till you get a free appointment which who knows when that will be..if any).
For self upload, this is straight forward scanning in acceptable format and size, then upload.

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