Hi
Our 20 year old niece has just moved in with us as she has fallen out with her father. This happened multiple times when she was a teenager and could be with us for 6 months + going on past experiences. She isn't in education or have a job. She does work with a seasonal events company about 6-8 weeks per year.
I asked her today does she claim from social welfare and she doesn't because her dad wouldn't give her his payslip which Social welfare required when she was living at his home. I assume this is to means test her application.
If that is correct will this happen if she applies while at our house, will she be means tested her too?
I've no issue sharing our payslips but if she's means tested it won't work out well due to our income levels, if she moves on to somewhere else after us I'm assuming she updates her residence and is means tested again?
Sorry a bit lost her it's 20 years since I had any dealings with social welfare, my niece isn't one for exploring this on her own so I'll need to assist her with this.
Our 20 year old niece has just moved in with us as she has fallen out with her father. This happened multiple times when she was a teenager and could be with us for 6 months + going on past experiences. She isn't in education or have a job. She does work with a seasonal events company about 6-8 weeks per year.
I asked her today does she claim from social welfare and she doesn't because her dad wouldn't give her his payslip which Social welfare required when she was living at his home. I assume this is to means test her application.
If that is correct will this happen if she applies while at our house, will she be means tested her too?
I've no issue sharing our payslips but if she's means tested it won't work out well due to our income levels, if she moves on to somewhere else after us I'm assuming she updates her residence and is means tested again?
Sorry a bit lost her it's 20 years since I had any dealings with social welfare, my niece isn't one for exploring this on her own so I'll need to assist her with this.