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• Getting a permanent right to live in the UK if you have a family visa

  Check if you can apply for indefinite leave if you already have a family visa

• Top tips for borrowing

  Top tips for borrowing money, taking out a loan or using a credit card.

• Payment of benefits and tax credits

  Check how benefits and tax credits are paid - usually by direct credit transfer into bank, building society or Post Office card accounts. Find out about the Payment Exception Service if you can't use an account.

• Challenge a tax credits decision

  Challenge a tax credits decision Appealing a tax credits decision at a tribunal Challenging a working or child tax credits decision - mandatory reconsideration

• How to claim Housing Benefit

  How to claim Housing Benefit, including if you can backdate your claim. How to claim a Discretionary Housing Payment too

• Getting a bank account

  Information on how to get a bank account, types of account available and switching from one bank or building society to another

• Get help if you're being evicted

  Check what help you can get if you’re given a ‘section 21’ or ‘section 8’ eviction notice. Check if you can get money to help you find somewhere to live

• If you can't keep to your jobseeker's agreement

  What to do if you can’t keep to your jobseeker's agreement because of illness, emergencies or changes to your situation

• Check if you can get sick pay

  Who can and can’t get sick pay, what you can do if you're not getting the sick pay you might be eligible for and returning to work after illness or surgery

• After you get refugee status

  Finding new housing and applying for benefits after you get refugee status