Health in Pregnancy Grant - £190 for mums-to-be!

Sorry to be so stupid here but the phrase subject to immigration control has me a bit confused.

I have an ILR, would I be considered as subject to immigration control?

No, Ashley you're not. You can apply for all maternity benefits, tax credits etc. 

No, Ashley you're not. You can apply for all maternity benefits, tax credits etc. 

Niiiiice.

As a final chapter on this journey...the money was paid into my account today!  So 11 days from posting the form from HMRC 'til payment (6 weeks + 1 day from initial posting 'til payment).  Not bad .

Sooo...what is the timeline on this puppy. I have ignored it because my SIL said something about that I was ineligible, being here on FLR(m), so I didn't bother looking into it. Now I see not one, but two people in a similar situation have had it because of their husbands...so is it too late to apply??

Wow, thanks for posting this thread. I'm only 8 weeks at the moment but have added that page to my favourites for a few months time. 

As long as you are still pregnant, I believe it's not too late to apply. I applied at 30 weeks and then phoned at 36 weeks (def don't recommend waiting that long) and so I think I got my money when I was 38 weeks. I'd say make an appt with your midwife this week, ask for the form and get it mailed right away.

Yeah, I only waited 3 weeks to phone just to be nice (the form says 4, but I was impatient).  I think you can apply at any time after the 25 weeks, just ask your MW for the form.

Good job I'm down to weekly appointments with the midwife anyway, so I will make sure to pick up a form on Monday. Due to have this little guy in about 3 weeks now, but I assume since I'm applying before the birth, I'd be good to go.

SO glad I saw this thread!!

My midwife told me about this, and I was like sweeeeet. I can pay for a hypnobirthing class! They even made a point of saying "it doesn't matter if you make a hundred thousand a year, you can get this grant."

Then I realized...no recourse to public funds! My husband and I are both Americans here on visas and work permits, no way we're getting this grant. This kind of made me mad. I see how they wouldn't want foreigner free-loaders here getting welfare-type benefits. And sure, I'm all for grants for teenage mothers who can't afford food. But this particular grant seems sooo wishy washy. We pay a crap ton of taxes, comply with the system, and are happy to do be a part of the system. But apparently "foreign" is the one thing you can't be for this one. I guess I should just be lucky I get a long paid maternity leave...

Does anybody know if we (meaning those of us on FLR/FLE) can be eligible for the Sure Start Maternity Grant?  My understanding is that this is for low-income families so some of us might not qualify to begin with but I was just wondering if anybody knew if we were eligible from an immigration standpoint.  This is a £500 grant.

Also do all the pregnant people know about the Family Allowance and Child Tax Credits you (or your spouse) can claim after the baby is born?  Not sure if those topics have been previously discussed on the forum in any detail.

Does anybody know if we (meaning those of us on FLR/FLE) can be eligible for the Sure Start Maternity Grant?  My understanding is that this is for low-income families so some of us might not qualify to begin with but I was just wondering if anybody knew if we were eligible from an immigration standpoint.  This is a £500 grant.

Also do all the pregnant people know about the Family Allowance and Child Tax Credits you (or your spouse) can claim after the baby is born?  Not sure if those topics have been previously discussed on the forum in any detail.

For Sure Start you or the partner/husband needs to be in receipt of Income Support, income-based JSA, income-based ESA (formerly Incapacity Benefit), Working Tax Credit with a disability or severe disability element, Child Tax Credit at a rate higher than the family element (such as awarded in conjunction with this on IS, JSA or ESA) or Pension Credit.

So, very very low income.

Tax credits the UK spouse applies for these and the award is based on his/her income as a whole, for both the child and working tax credits.  It's one form.

There is no longer any such thing as Family Allowance.  

The Health in Pregnancy Grant is subject to immigration standards.

Family Allowance is the old name for Child Benefit. In your case Shrubbery, your British husband will be able to claim this after the birth.

Thank you for all the excellent info WHW!

Family Allowance is the old name for Child Benefit. In your case Shrubbery, your British husband will be able to claim this after the birth.

Thank you for all the excellent info WHW!

I got Sure Start for Struan because DH gets a disability element of WTC.  But I also had nationality by then so didn't really think about that bit.

What struck me is that recently I did applications for the childrens' passports and had to submit our marriage certificate and other papers for the girls' because I was not a British national at the time of their births.

Oh my hubby and I already get Child Tax Credit and Family Allowance (not sure the technical name for this but that's how it shows up on the bank statement?) for my daughter.  That was more of a "heads up" for anybody else who wasn't aware of it.

As for the Sure Start Grant, I already had all the applicable information for the income requirements (I personally don't qualify but there may be someone on this forum who does)...was just wondering about the immigration aspect of it. 

We know we qualify for the Health in Pregnancy Grant so I wasn't sure if it fell under the same immigration rules or not.