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No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)

Find out if you can apply for extra support if you are a non-UK national and cannot apply for benefits, social housing or asylum support.

After you've applied

We will contact you. We may book an appointment with the person or family who has been referred.

At the appointment we will:

  • review the circumstances of the person or family
  • refer to social care, immigration and human rights legislation
  • make an assessment of whether we can support the person or family

Documents you need to provide

During the assessment you will be asked to provide a number of documents. Documents you can use to support an application include:

  • passport
  • birth certificate 
  • letter from Home Office
  • letter from solicitor 
  • marriage certificate
  • NHS GP registration cards
  • personal child health records, sometimes called a “Red Book”
  • letter from hospital 
  • letter from child/children’s school
  • payslips from the last 6 months
  • entitlement letters for benefits
  • current account statements from the last 3 months
  • savings account statements from the last 3 months
  • credit card statements from the last 3 months
  • loan statements from the last 3 months
  • mobile phone statements from the last 3 months
  • proof of address such as utility bill 
  • proof of previous addresses 
  • tenancy agreement 
  • eviction letter