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• Check if you're eligible for Universal Credit

  Check if you can get Universal Credit, a benefit you can claim if you're on a low income or unemployed. Read our advice to check if you're eligible

• Check if your family members can get pre-settled status or settled status

  Find out if your family can come and live in the UK. Check if they need to get a family permit or pre-settled or settled status first.

• Problems with your settled status decision

  Find out what to do if you’re still waiting for a decision on your EU Settlement Scheme application. What you should do if you got pre-settled status but you were expecting settled status or if you’ve been refused any status.

• Check your employment status

  Find out what your employment status is so you can understand how it affects your rights.

• Becoming a British citizen

  Check if you can apply for British citizenship - find out what you need to be eligible, and how long you have to live in the UK before applying

• Check if a change affects your JSA

  What to do if you have a change of circumstances while getting JSA. How to report changes to your work, income, family, health or immigration status.

• Getting benefits if you’ve recently moved to the UK

  Check how to show you’re habitually resident, pass the ‘past presence test’ or pass the ‘3-month living in test

• Check if you can get Pension Credit

  Check if you can claim Pension Credit, a weekly benefit made up of 2 parts - Guarantee Credit and Savings Credit

• Getting British citizenship for children

  Check if your child can become a British citizen if they were born in the UK, have a British parent, migrated to the UK or are eligible another way

• Your options if you're in the UK illegally

  How to get British citizenship or a legal immigration status if you're living in the UK illegally