Graduates & Benefits & EU status

kaMelo

The rate for single under 25 is £316. 98. If claiming help for rent then this would be an additional amount. Either way there will be not very much or zero UC payable if her boyfriend has NRPF and brings home £1000 per month.

Maybe it's me but it seems like she is wanting to do things the wrong way around. Surely better to secure decent, well paid employment and confirm his visa status before thinking of setting up home.

Muttleythefrog

Agree with above... and if his Visa runs out next year... they need a plan of how they will live together longer term.

Northern_Wanderer

Swanseajack said:

Hi again, thanks for all your input, and apols for delay in coming back, I've been on family caring rota. My daughter's BF is on a Graduate Visa, which runs out Dec '26. Presumably, but I don't 100% know, it has NRPF attached to it, so there would be no point in him claiming UC. If my daughter is awarded UC, and before she secures a job, I understand that for every £ of her partner's earnings it would take away £0.55p for every £ of UC. So, if the BF is earning £1000 monthly, her UC would have £550 deducted. Is that about right? It would still appear to be worth doing I suppose. If the BF's wages go up or down on his zero hours contract, is this something that is easily completed within my daughter's UC account to keep changing her payment amounts when necessary? Many thanks. 

Yes, the Graduate visa has NRPF. Generally the boyfriend's wages would be automatically reported to UC via HMRC, but if not, the boyfriend will have to enter his income into his UC journal. Those calculations would be correct, 55p in the pound deducted. Have they used a benefits calculator? https://www.entitledto.co.uk/

NedS

Northern_Wanderer said:

Swanseajack said:

Hi again, thanks for all your input, and apols for delay in coming back, I've been on family caring rota. My daughter's BF is on a Graduate Visa, which runs out Dec '26. Presumably, but I don't 100% know, it has NRPF attached to it, so there would be no point in him claiming UC. If my daughter is awarded UC, and before she secures a job, I understand that for every £ of her partner's earnings it would take away £0.55p for every £ of UC. So, if the BF is earning £1000 monthly, her UC would have £550 deducted. Is that about right? It would still appear to be worth doing I suppose. If the BF's wages go up or down on his zero hours contract, is this something that is easily completed within my daughter's UC account to keep changing her payment amounts when necessary? Many thanks. 

Yes, the Graduate visa has NRPF. Generally the boyfriend's wages would be automatically reported to UC via HMRC, but if not, the boyfriend will have to enter his income into his UC journal. Those calculations would be correct, 55p in the pound deducted. Have they used a benefits calculator? https://www.entitledto.co.uk/

Slight technical correction - if the boyfriend is an ineligible partner, they will not have access to their UC account so if their income is not reported automatically by UC, they or their partner will need to phone the service centre to declare earnings and the CM will enter it onto the system.

Ineligible claimants cannot access their account online whilst they are flagged as ineligible.