NI Payments, Child Benefit and full time student

LittleYoda

I am not returning to England solely for the course.

Both the university admissions office and student finance England have assessed me as ordinarily resident.

I have been granted student finance and loans based on being ordinarily resident.

LittleYoda

I will be on a full time pgce course. Not working and not paying tax.

Child benefit is a non contribution based benefit.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ni/intro/benefits.htm

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LittleYoda wrote: »

Both the university admissions office and student finance England have assessed me as ordinarily resident..

However it is HMRC's interpretation of ordinarily resident that counts for child benefit.

If you intend staying on after the PGCE and working then I would agree that you are ordinarily resident, but you have to convince HMRC of this.

LittleYoda

It's about helping people get their entitlement not about the benefits policy.

I will leave it up to HMRC to decide.

Thank you to those people who were helpful.

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http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/childbenefit/start/who-qualifies/do-you-qualify.htm