Vivienne

Hi
Thank you for all your help about my other question but wanted to ask if anyone knows if i can still claim my benefits when i go to stay with my boyfriend in Canada this year for around 4 months as we want to get married and then i will be returning to get things started back in the uk ..I am not meaning claiming anything from Canada but just being paid my uk benefits while i am gone we are both 51/52 years old
Regards
Vivienne x

dbd33

Aren't you supposed to be available to work when claiming benefits in the UK?

R I C H

If you can afford a 4mth foreign holiday, is it fair to still want to claim benefits?

dbd's correct that if you're not available/actively seeking work, the benefits will stop.

el_richo

From another post, i believe she's unable to work due to a disability.

terese677

If you are on jobseekers allowance (unemployment benefit/income support) you have to notify the benefits office of any time out of the country and you won't be eligeable for benefit during this time

Muskoka

That includes disability living allowance by the way! Its only payable to you whilst in the U.K.

MR79

Changes that affect your benefit

If you get benefits and your circumstances change, tell your local benefits office as soon as possible. Reporting changes quickly, means you'll get any increase or new benefit faster. For some changes your payments may be reduced. Find out how a change in your circumstances can affect your benefit claim.
Changes you need to report

You must report any change in your circumstances to your local benefit office as soon as it happens, whether or not you think the change is directly related to your benefits.

Some examples of the changes you need to report include:

* getting married, entering into a civil partnership or moving in with a partner
* moving house
* getting a new job
* getting a pay rise
* inheriting or unexpectedly coming into money
* taking in a lodger
* no longer being sick or ill
* travelling or moving abroad

--------------------------------------------------------------------

If you move or travel overseas, you will not automatically receive benefits from the UK. Entitlement will depend on whether your stay abroad is temporary or permanent. You can continue to claim some benefits while you are abroad.
Claiming when abroad

You must let your social security office (or Jobcentre or Jobcentre Plus office) know that you are going abroad. If it is only a temporary move, then give the date you are planning to come back.

Vivienne

its not a holiday plus my boyfriend buys my ticket

Auld Yin

Could/would you expect to take 4 months off from a job and expect to be paid while away.

Yelkcub

Depends on what the contract says!

Auld Yin

There's that UK sense of humour again.

Bali2010

Hello

For advice re. UK benefits associated with sickness / disability - this might help, or at least provide some useful links.

Not worth something going wrong, them being withdrawn & then struggling to get them reinstated quickly in my opinion.

Bali


http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/...m#going_abroad

Benefits abroad
If you are getting a benefit for sickness or disability and you want to know what will happen to your benefit if you go abroad, you can ring the Benefits Enquiry Line.

If you move to another European Economic Area (EEA) country or Switzerland, you may be able to carry on getting the care component of Disability Living Allowance, Attendance Allowance or Carer's Allowance. Also if you are living in one of these countries, you may be able to claim one of these benefits for the first time. This is called exporting the benefit. If you are interested in doing this, you should contact a member of the exportability team at the Department for Work and Pensions.

You can get more information about claiming these benefits if you are moving or living abroad on the Directgov website at: www.direct.gov.uk.

The website will tell you how to contact the exportability team.

EEA countries are the European Union countries and Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway.

To find out which countries are in the European Union, go to The European Union.

If you are considering going abroad, you can also consult an experienced adviser, for example, at a Citizens Advice Bureau. To search for details of your nearest CAB, including those that can give advice by email, click on nearest CAB.

Nibbles2005

My sister works for the benefits fraud agency for people doing this sort of thing if you want me to fast track the process that will happen give me your details and I will get her to take you off benefit and take you to court for fraud. You would face 2-5 years in jail and up to £50K fine.

I have to say people like you disgust me. Benefits are not for living it up with your boyfriend in Canada, people who pay taxes and work for living take offence at that and I can't believe you have even asked this question in a public forum!

Do the decent thing, sign off and go get a life you are clearly well enough to live and stop sponging off the state!

BristolUK

There are different rules for different benefits and what countries are involved. Some benefits will pay the first four weeks of a temporary absence regardless of the moral judgements some people insist on making.

They need to know before you go and if the particular benefit you are receiving can be paid for a period after you leave, they would generally pay it on your return.

If you are away beyond the last date they could pay you for, you would need to make a new claim on your return.

Oink

Don't listen to all the negative people on here. You deserve a nice long holiday to see your boyfriend. I'd suggest coming in May, that way you can maximize the good weather. You might also consider a side trip to the Bahamas or even a couple of weeks in Las Vegas, you can some good deals these days. Good luck on whatever you decide and have a great time.