✅ Lift the visa condition 'No Recourse to Public Funds'

In UK immigration law, certain individuals can apply to lift the "No Recourse to Public Funds" (NRPF) condition if they are experiencing financial hardship. 

You can apply to have the NRPF condition removed if you:

Examples:

• Leave to remain based on family life (e.g., as a parent, partner, or child under Appendix FM).
   
• Leave to remain based on private life (e.g., under Paragraph 276ADE or Appendix Private Life).
   

AND

• You are destitute or at risk of becoming destitute.
   
• You have particularly compelling reasons relating to the welfare of a child.
   
• There are other exceptional circumstances relating to your human rights.
   

The following people usually cannot apply to lift NRPF:

• Those on the 5-year route under Appendix FM (though switching to 10-year route is sometimes possible).
   
• People on student, visitor, or work visas (e.g., Skilled Worker, Health and Care Worker).
   
• Those with no lawful status in the UK.
   

• Submit a Change of Conditions (CoC) application online via the gov.uk website.
   
• Provide evidence of:
   
  • Financial hardship (e.g., eviction notice, income proof, outgoings proof etc).
     
  • Welfare issues affecting children or vulnerable adults.
     
• No fee is required for this application.

When you apply to lift the No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) condition in the UK, the Home Office will make one of three decisions, depending on the evidence you provide:

• You are granted access to public funds for the duration of your current leave to remain.
   
• Your biometric residence permit (BRP) or digital status will be updated to show “Recourse to Public Funds.”
   
• You can then apply for benefits (e.g., Universal Credit, housing support) if you meet the eligibility rules for those benefits.
   

• The Home Office decides that:
   
  • You are not destitute, or
     
  • You haven’t provided enough evidence, or
     
  • Your situation doesn’t meet the threshold of "particularly compelling" circumstances (e.g., in relation to a child’s welfare).
     
• The NRPF condition remains in place.
   
• You can submit a fresh application with better evidence if your situation worsens.
   

• Sometimes, especially if your personal or immigration circumstances raise legal issues, your case may be reviewed for a broader reconsideration (e.g., switching from 5-year to 10-year route).
   
• This is less common but can result in changes to your route or further requests for information.