Some credit card companies use your marital status to help them decide whether to accept you as a customer.

Credit card companies take your residential status into consideration when deciding whether to offer you a card, so this information helps us work out an eligibility score out of ten, to show how likely you are to be accepted for each card.

Credit card companies take your employment status into consideration when deciding whether to offer you a card, so this information helps us work out an eligibility score out of ten, to show how likely you are to be accepted for each card.

Please tell us your annual income (before tax) from your main employment. This is important for credit card companies - they want to know you can repay. We do the same checks lenders will, so please be honest or your eligibility scores won't be accurate. Finally, if you think your income might drop in the next year, please tell us the lower figure.

We’re looking for how much your personal share of the mortgage or rent costs each month. Credit card companies use this information to make sure you can afford your monthly repayments.

This includes any increase in your spend on childcare or other care costs. As well as general living costs like food, clothing and travel. Plus, any mortgage or rent payments, council tax, insurance, other bills, or debts like overdrafts or loans.

But it doesn't include any increases to saving or pension payments.

Dependants are people who rely on you financially, such as children or other family members.