moving back to uk
 

Please could anybody help me, my sister in law is moving back to the uk and has been told that to claim housing benefit she needs to complete a form called a habitual residency test, does anybody know what this is and can i find the test on the internet.
thankyou

Re: moving back to uk
 

No, I don't think you can download anything. Basically as far as I know it is a series of questions to ascertain whether you have maintained links with the UK while you've been abroad (like a bank account, or visiting family regularly) so that they know you are actually going to live in the UK and have not just come back in order to claim Benefits/Healthcare and that the moment you are granted them you will be gone again.

If they are not satisfied as to this , there may be a few months' wait to claim these things.

Here is some more information, which applies to Colchester, but I assume it is similar everywhere.

http://www.colchester.gov.uk/Info_pa...14&sec_id=1560

Note it does say that a returning British Citizen 'should not fail the test'.

There's also this that I found via this site:

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Artic...ence-test.html

Hope this helps.

Re: moving back to uk
 

http://www.counselandcare.org.uk/ass...d_Services.pdf

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question...3084108AA19CJI

http://www.thepensionservice.gov.uk/ipc/country.asp

Just a few snippets that may assist. I wish you luck and a happy new year.

Re: moving back to uk
 

Thanks for the advice,i have passed the info on to my sister in law..........she was very grateful.Merry christmas to u all too.