Britain’s main benefit for people on a low income or none. And the most common mistake: “I pay tax here, so I must be entitled.”
Most temporary visas carry No recourse to public funds, and Universal Credit is on that list. Look at your own eVisa or Home Office decision, not at what friends say.
Not annual income — money, savings and investments held in accounts. Sell a flat back home and keep the cash in the bank, and entitlement goes.
Single under 25 — £338.58; 25 or over — £424.90. A couple both under 25 — £528.34; one of them 25 or over — £666.97. Elements for children and housing go on top.
The payment does not stop when you start work: it tapers down by 55 pence for every pound you earn.
Family, human-rights and Hong Kong visas have a separate route — an application to lift the condition, known as a change of conditions.
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