Thanks a lot to both of you. I'm going just to face the music and make that change of circumstances ASAP. I will just be very honest and upfront about everything to them and hope they show leniency. It's not that i have taken any more than i would been entitled anyway so i never thought of it as benefit fraud as never gained anything financially. I just wish i had been honest from the start and feel a bit silly now

Hi Beatrice Yes i should have claimed in January since i lost my job. I never thought i could claim for her and have lost out financially living just on single persons JSA when i could have claimed as a couple all this time Silly me, i just never knew i could claim for her with what was said in the media regarding Romanians/Bulgarians Have just passed an job assessment recently so hopefully be starting work soon Thanks for all your advice.

Hello again Thank you for your quick and informative replies. No i have never lived in another country and currently get single persons JSA. My partner moved over here to live with me in July of last year but i have never claimed for her. Were both unemployed at the moment but sending CV's out everyday and trying our best to get working. I have found myself having to go to a food bank last week as the money just isn't stretching enough as i have to take my girlfriend for job interviews and been paying full subscriptions for her out of my JSA. She has been registered with the doctor ever since she arrived and still have all the correspondence letters, Doctors were appointments sent to my phone by text. She is also registered with the free dental hospital and had emergency treatment last year. Maybe i could go to our doctors and they could provide a list of her appointments that were attended? My other concern is that i have been claiming as a single person since December, and now have to tell them that i have been living with someone since July. I just never claimed for her because of all what was on the news about restrictions of benefits to Romanians Thanks again for your help

Hello everyone I lost my job soon after Christmas and now have had to claim JSA. Problem is i have a partner living with me since September 2013 who is from Romania. I'm British. So far I've avoided claiming as a couple because i thought it would be a waste of time and be automatically rejected anyway. Problem is, I'm now really starting to struggle supporting the 2 of us on single persons JSA and was wondering if i could claim as a couple until i find work again. I've heard the habitual residence test is tested on the claimant, which would be me and not my partner?