These amendments therefore enable 1 them to access benefits upon arrival in the UK . 1 For example, habitual residence test requiring 1-3 months living here and the past presence test requiring the client to have spent 26 of the last 52 weeks residing in the Common Travel Area PB/S6/22/49 The Scottish Social Security Benefits system contains similar residence requirements across various executively devolved and new Scottish benefits, which will also need to be amended to achieve parity of access for Ukraine citizens to devolved benefits.