Chapter 7: People subject to immigration control
This chapter covers:
2. How and why to check the effect of immigration status on benefits (
here)
3. Who is a ‘person subject to immigration control’ (
here)
You should consult this chapter, together with
Chapter 8, if you, your partner and children are
not all British or Irish citizens.
Since the end of the transition period (11pm, 31 December 2020), the immigration status restrictions on benefits were extended to apply not only to many non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals but also to many EEA nationals.
If you, your partner, your parent or your child have applied for asylum in the UK, you should also check
Chapter 9.