I'm hoping to find some help so that I can advise a new client.

My client is from Ghana and has lived in the UK for two years. Her passport is with the Home Office for an extension and she does not know what restrictions were placed on her entry to the UK.

She has worked for an agency using a temporary NINO, but is now pregnant. Her partner does not live with her but he pays her rent and lodgings. She has no income of her own.

When the baby is born will she be eligible to claim Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit?

I'll be grateful for any help as my experience of benefits for people from abroad is very scant.

Shona

her entitlement to benefits will depend on whether there was any restriction on her claiming benefits as a person subject to immigration control. if not, then as long as she submitted the application to extend her leave prior to the expiry of her last leave, then she remains on the same conditions until the Home Office make a decision on the extension application (s.3C Immigration Act 1971).

Sorry that's not much use unless you know what the restrictions were. Her solicitor, if she had one, should be able to tell her.

Is it the same for tax credits as for other DWP benefits?