Cash in Hand/Traveller

[Raintonrebel]

Hi All

I am after some advice and not sure if this in the right place.

My daughter has just had a baby to her partner. He is Romanian, and works on the funfairs, so sometimes he is at hers for 2 days, sometimes he is away for weeks on end.

She is filling in her Child benefit form and has asked if she is single or living with someone, since he doesn't really LIVE there (he has a trailer) what does she put. If she ticks that she has a partner it asks for his NI number, which being Romanian he doesn't have.

This led to a discussion about benefits in general. If she adds him to a Housing Benefit/Universal Credit Claim, they will want proof of his income, which he doesn't have. He gets paid cash, no payslips, probably not registered to pay tax, as they are travelling all over to different sites. He is trying to find out the process of getting an NI number, but its proving to be a difficult task.

Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks

He needs to contact Job Centre Plus to have an interview to get himself a national insurance number, you can find them all over the country and the phone number is online.

I would suggest your dd proceeds as a single parent. not a lie as he is nfa (no fixed abode) from what you say. but don't use her house as correspondence for him, it will just complicate things further. good luck