Just wondering whether anyone where can please answer a question, ideally someone who understands more than I do about how Universal Credit claims work.
I relative of mine (British, although lived as an expat abroad for last 15 years or so) moved back to UK a about 6 months ago and was rejected for a UC claim as they hadn't lived solidly in UK for at least 3 months before making the claim.
So, they intended to re-apply shortly after the 3 months had elapsed.
After being here 5 months (and presumably meeting UC application criteria), they had to go back to country where they'd lived before to see an ill parent and help them with some practical matters, being there for approx 4 or 5 weeks.
My question is would they be eligible to re-apply for UC given that they've now offically lived in UK for around 7 months (albeit with a few weeks ago to see relative at around the 5 month mark?).
So far they've been reluctant to re-apply as don't want to get rejected again, so they've been living off some modest savings. This is all nearly gone (certainly a lot less than the £16K threshold).