Ok.....in this area we do very few of these - in fact i cannot remember my last one! Not sure where to start and hoping someone can help.

Client is british - he married a Latvian 5 years ago and they have two children together and she has one from another relationship.

In November 2005 they moved to England so the client could find work, his Wife has never worked in this country.

The clients Wife gets child benefit for all three children and she also gets the child tax credit.

Client now unfit for work and getting incapacity benefit.

His Wife claimed income support and has been refused as she "does not meet the qualifying criteria to have the right to reside in the UK."

I've checked her passport and there's no stamps etc in it at all.

I'd be really grateful for some pointers please?

Nicky

Simplest to get client to claim instead of wife - RTR only applies to claimant and not partner. He will have R2R as a UK National. He should be the claimant anyway as he is ill, not his partner.

Thanks