Benefits for Migrants Handbook, 16th ed

The latest edition of the Benefits for Migrants Handbook, fully updated for 2026/27 gives practical, comprehensive guidance on social security entitlement for anyone who has come to the UK or is thinking about going abroad. 

The Handbook explains the immigration status, residence, and presence rules within social security benefits, and how to satisfy them.

Inside you’ll find step-by-step information, tactics to help you enforce your rights and covers practical problems such as delays and providing evidence.

This is an essential resource for those advising families with different immigration statuses; refugees and asylum seekers needing details of support; British citizens returning from abroad; and other migrants who need to navigate the complexity of the immigration and benefit rules.