Benefits for Migrants Handbook (14th edition)

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Benefits for Migrants Handbook (14th edition)

Chapter 1: How to use this book

1. About this Handbook

Part 2: Immigration law

Chapter 2: Immigration and nationality law: overview

Chapter 3: Leave to enter or remain

Chapter 4: Asylum and human rights

1. Asylum seekers

2. Refugee leave and humanitarian protection

5. Fresh applications

Chapter 5: European Economic Area nationals and their families

3. The European Union Settlement Scheme

Who is required to hold leave under the EUSS

4. Leave under the European Union Settlement Scheme

9. Frontier workers

Chapter 6: Checking your immigration status

8. Passport issues

Part 3: Benefits and immigration status

Chapter 7: People subject to immigration control

Chapter 8: People subject to immigration control and benefits

1. Benefits and tax credits affected by immigration status

Claiming other benefits

2. People subject to immigration control who can be entitled

3. Partners and children who are subject to immigration control

Chapter 9: Asylum seekers and refugees

3. Integration loans

Part 4: Benefits and residence rules

Chapter 10: Residence and presence rules: overview

Who is exempt from the requirement to be living in UK for three months

5. Residence

Children

6. Ordinary residence

Chapter 11: Habitual residence and the right to reside

1. The habitual residence test

2. 'Habitual residence in fact'

3. The right to reside

Chapter 12: Who has a right to reside

Irish citizens

3. Changes due to the UK leaving the European Union

European Union Settlement Scheme

7. Croatian, A2 and A8 nationals

10. Workers

11. Self-employed people

12. Retaining worker or self-employed status

13. Self-sufficient people and students

14. Family members of European Economic Area nationals

15. Derivative residence rights

16. Permanent right to reside

Chapter 13: Residence and presence: rules for individual benefits

1. Means-tested benefits

2. Bereavement benefits

3. Child benefit, Scottish child payment and guardian's allowance

4. Disability and carers' benefits

5. Industrial injuries benefits

6. Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance and contributory employment and support allowance

7. Maternity allowance

European Union co-ordination rules

8. Retirement pensions

9. Social fund and other payments

10. Tax credits

Part 5: Benefits while abroad

Chapter 14: Going abroad

1. Introduction

2. How your benefits and tax credits are affected

Chapter 15: Going abroad: rules for individual benefits

1. Means-tested benefits

2. Bereavement benefits

3. Child benefit, Scottish child payment and guardian's allowance

4. Disability and carers' benefits

5. Industrial injuries benefits

6. Contribution-based jobseeker's allowance and contributory employment and support allowance

7. Maternity allowance, incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowance

8. Retirement pensions

9. Statutory payments

European Union co-ordination rules

10. Tax credits

European Union co-ordination rules

Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements

Chapter 16: European Union co-ordination rules

Chapter 17: International agreements

1. Reciprocal agreements

2. Council of Europe conventions and agreements

Effect on benefit entitlements

3. European association agreements and their replacements

Part 7: Benefit claims and getting paid

Chapter 18: Delays

1. Dealing with delays

2. Waiting for a decision on a claim

3. Delays when challenging a decision

4. Delays getting paid

Chapter 19: National insurance numbers

1. The national insurance number requirement

2. Obtaining a national insurance number

Applying for a national insurance number

3. Common problems

Chapter 20: Providing evidence

1. General points about evidence

2. Evidence of immigration status

3. Evidence of residence rights

Residence documents issued under the European Economic Area Regulations

4. Other types of evidence

Part 8: Support for asylum seekers

Chapter 21: Asylum support overview

1. Introduction

2. Support for asylum seekers

3. Temporary support

4. Support for refused asylum seekers

7. Support from your local authority

Chapter 22: Applying for asylum support

1. Section 95 support

4. Decisions on applications

Chapter 23: Asylum support: payment and accommodation

1. Section 95 support

Chapter 24: Asylum support - appeals

Part 9: Other sources of help

Chapter 25: Other sources of help

Appendices

Appendix 3: Useful addresses

Immigration and asylum

Social security

Index

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Chapters

Authors and acknowledgements

Benefits for Migrants Handbook (14th edition)

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Abbreviations

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Part 1: Introduction

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Word count2,206

Part 2: Immigration law

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Word count31,993

Part 3: Benefits and immigration status

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Part 4: Benefits and residence rules

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Part 5: Benefits while abroad

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Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements

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Part 7: Benefit claims and getting paid

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Part 8: Support for asylum seekers

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Part 9: Other sources of help

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Appendices

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Index

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