Welfare Benefits - benefits for people from abroad

People coming to the UK from abroad face many difficulties in claiming social security benefits and tax credits. Advisers can find this area of the law difficult and intimidating.

This two-day course offers an opportunity for advisers to gain confidence and skills by taking an in-depth look at the rules.

Who can attend

The course is recommended for social care staff whose work requires knowledge of social security benefits and tax credits for people from abroad.

Course details

• how to identify different immigration statuses and recognise benefit entitlement
• an overview of NASS
• the 'public funds' test
• sponsorship
• the habitual residence test
• the right-to-reside test
• provision for asylum-seekers
• the rights of European nationals.