CCM18080 - Child Benefit and Tax Credits: Child Benefit and People From Abroad

The following can qualify for Child Benefit:

• a national of an European Economic Area country, see CBPG34007
• a national of or someone arriving from a country with whom the UK has a reciprocal agreement, see CBPG34003.

Someone who is subject to immigration control and does not have the right to reside in GB is not entitled to Child Benefit.

Someone who is in the UK as a result of their deportation, expulsion or other removal by compulsion from another country is treated as being resident in the UK.

A specialised section in CBO decides Child Benefit entitlement for people from abroad. If you have any doubts about entitlement contact them at http://ntc.inrev.gov.uk/CBOService/Service_Delivery/Technical/pfa.htm