Will marrying effect my PIP, ESA or housing benefit?

lulu109

Hi guys
im on pip and esa and in receipt of housing benefit… if I marry are any of these effected… my fiancé currently lIves in Turkey any help appreciated…

poppy123456

Getting married will make no difference to your benefits entitlement. If your partner moves here to live with you or you move to Turkey to live with them then it will be different.

Adrian_Scope

A warm welcome to the community @lulu109. I see Poppy123456 has already answered your question regarding benefits so I just wanted to wish you a congratulations on your engagement and all the best for your future wedding. 

lulu109

Hi poppy
thankyou
do you know what il lose if he moves here…. I’m reading online but all very different advice… can he work up to 24 hours a week without it effecting my benefits…  Thankyou in advance 

poppy123456

If he lives with you and any part of your ESA is Income Related you will need to reported the changes to ESA. He can work but only £20/week of his earnings will be disregarded. After this your ESA will reduce £1 for £1. So if he earnings for example £100/week your ESA will reduce by £80/week. If he works 24 hrs/week then your Income Related ESA will end.

If any part of it is contributions based this won't be affected. You should use a benefits caluclator to check entitlement to Universal Credit. If you're in the Support Group for ESA then you'll be entitled to the LCWRA element from the start of your claim. Providing you're still claiming ESA when claim UC.

Whether he'll be entitled to any UC will depend on whether he has any access to public funds and i can't advise on that, for this you should get some expert advice.

calcotti

Obviously there are also migration issues about whether fiance is entitled to come to this country and work depending on their nationality.