Updates: Child Benefit Technical Manual
2024
Overview and purpose: Comments about this manual
Updated the feedback signposting.
Overview and purpose: Comments about this manual
Updating team name
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Adding Gibraltar to the list of RA countries as per the UK's agreement.
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Update made to cover that a lawful worker must be working for an employer and have no restriction on working in the UK.
Claims, awards and rates: Time within which claim is to be made
updated to remove the requirement to provide an original birth certificate following the change in April 2023.
Payments: Making an election or revocation because of the High Income Child Benefit Charge
Changing her majesty to His
Payments: High Income Child Benefit Charge election
Change from Her to His Majesty’s
Payments: High Income Child Benefit Charge revocation
Changing from Her to His Majesty
PEACEPLUS Youth Programme 3.2 has replaced PEACE IV Children and Young People 2.1 as of 01/04/2024
Payments: High Income Child Benefit Charge election
Changes made due to the HICBC threshold update
Payments: High Income Child Benefit Charge revocation
Change made due to the HICBC threshold increase from April 2024
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Removed reference to San Marino as entitlement to ChB for nationals from San Marino ended on 31/12/2020
Claims, awards and rates: Making a claim
Following a change in legislation the reference to relevant authority has been removed.
2023
Residence and immigration: residence - right to reside in the UK
Information in the wrong place.
New note put in brackets under UK nationals.
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Following confirmation from Solicitors and International Policy that the exceptions to Lawfully working are incorrect these have now been removed.
Residence and immigration: residence - right to reside in the UK
Including reference to Permanent right of Residence
Residence and immigration: contents
Legislation revoked this regulation from 27/10/2023.
Residence and Immigration: residence - living in the UK - the 3 month rule
Legislation revoked this regulation from 27/10/2023.
2022
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Added New Zealand and removed duplicate Switzerland reference.
New sentence added to top of the page
Withdrawal Agreement – The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal Act) 2020
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Residence and Immigration: Immigration - People subject to immigration control
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Residence and immigration: residence - right to reside in the UK
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Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
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2021
Payments: High Income Child Benefit Charge election
Amendment to wording in the 1st paragraph, to make it clearer for customers based on feedback.
Formatting
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Formatting amendment
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Additional word added
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
To reflect legislation
To reflect change in legislation
Changes made to reflect legislation
Withdrawal Agreement – The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal Act) 2020
Temporary change removed and correct short title added.
Withdrawal Agreement – The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal Act) 2020
Correction in the title
Formatting
Temporary change to the title to correct an error
Withdrawal Agreement – The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal Act) 2020
Amendment to the page title.
Residence and immigration: contents
Page added to reflect the Withdrawal Agreement
Updated the hyperlinks
Text removed to correct technical error. Will be re-instated once the blank sheet visible.
Entered the text and hypoerlinks
Correct spelling mistake
Correct a spelling mistake
2020
Guardians Allowance: Entitlement - Children born to unmarried parents
Chnages made to the title to aid ease of understanding
Residence and immigration: immigration - exceptions to the general exclusion
Changes made to reflect legislation
Residence and immigration: residence - introduction
Updated with changes to legislation
Residence and immigration: residence - right to reside in the UK
Updated with changes to legislation
Residence and Immigration: Immigration - People subject to immigration control
Updated to reflect change in legislation
Residence and immigration: residence - introduction
Updated to reflect changes to legislation.
UK removed from list of EEA countries
Residence and Immigration: residence - living in the UK - the 3 month rule
Amended to reflect changes in legislation
Residence and immigration: residence - right to reside in the UK
Chnanes to update changes to legislation
Formatting changes
Residence and Immigration: Immigration - People subject to immigration control
Updated to reflect changes in legislation
2019
Page title amended
European Law: Priority rules in the event of overlapping entitlement to family benefits - background
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
European Law: UK family benefits - definition
New sentence added at the top of the page
European Law: UK family benefits - Article 67 of Regulation (EC) 883/2004
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
European Law: Derived Rights - Article 60(1) of Regulation (EC) 987/2009
New sentence added to the top of the page
European Law: Orphans - Article 69 of Regulation (EC) 883/2004
Guidance amended to take account of the UK leaving the European Union
2018
Residence and immigration: contents
Added a new page to advise on Saint Prix court ruling