Received Child Benefit straight away
Jul 6th 2011, 10:57 pm
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Received Child Benefit straight away
Just to report - I recently returned to the UK after 7 years away (in a non-EU country. I filled out my child benefit forms and sent them off, expecting to be told I would have to wait 6 months to be eligible (which is what happened years ago when I returned from Ireland - but to my surprise they have started paying it straightaway. 
I also applied for Child Tax Credit / Working Tax Credit, and they have put an unexpectedly large sum of money into my account - and whilst I haven't had an official award notice yet, from a letter they sent they appear to have backdated me to March 15th - although I did not return to the UK until June 1st. Very strange, I suppose it was a clerical mistake and I will have to call them and pay them back.
Still, the loan came in handy while I was getting sorted out!
And - it is nice to be back, I appreciate the UK so much more now - although I am living in a much nicer area than before, so that helps.
I also applied for Child Tax Credit / Working Tax Credit, and they have put an unexpectedly large sum of money into my account - and whilst I haven't had an official award notice yet, from a letter they sent they appear to have backdated me to March 15th - although I did not return to the UK until June 1st. Very strange, I suppose it was a clerical mistake and I will have to call them and pay them back.
Still, the loan came in handy while I was getting sorted out!And - it is nice to be back, I appreciate the UK so much more now - although I am living in a much nicer area than before, so that helps.
Jul 7th 2011, 4:07 pm
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Re: Received Child Benefit straight away
Just to report - I recently returned to the UK after 7 years away (in a non-EU country. I filled out my child benefit forms and sent them off, expecting to be told I would have to wait 6 months to be eligible (which is what happened years ago when I returned from Ireland - but to my surprise they have started paying it straightaway.
I also applied for Child Tax Credit / Working Tax Credit, and they have put an unexpectedly large sum of money into my account - and whilst I haven't had an official award notice yet, from a letter they sent they appear to have backdated me to March 15th - although I did not return to the UK until June 1st. Very strange, I suppose it was a clerical mistake and I will have to call them and pay them back. Still, the loan came in handy while I was getting sorted out!
And - it is nice to be back, I appreciate the UK so much more now - although I am living in a much nicer area than before, so that helps.
I also applied for Child Tax Credit / Working Tax Credit, and they have put an unexpectedly large sum of money into my account - and whilst I haven't had an official award notice yet, from a letter they sent they appear to have backdated me to March 15th - although I did not return to the UK until June 1st. Very strange, I suppose it was a clerical mistake and I will have to call them and pay them back.
Still, the loan came in handy while I was getting sorted out!And - it is nice to be back, I appreciate the UK so much more now - although I am living in a much nicer area than before, so that helps.
I cannot wait. Expect things to have changed but I do think it makes a big difference moving to a nicer area, interms of how we'll feel about the place. Good luck with everything
