chay and kerrie

Hi everyone well we have now got 6 weeks until we fly and a week before all our belongings are being shipped. Just a quick question dose any body know if you still get child benefits in NZ if not when should i let them no we are immigrating?if anyone could help me would be grateful
Kerrie

planty

Hi, not sure if your saying child benifit from the UK or from the NZ government, but I can tell you that even though we notified the UK child benifit people we still had to send money back to them as they said we'd been overpaid, as for NZ child benifit as far as I'm aware we won't be entitled to any until we have been here a year, but if someone can clear that one up that would be good.

Good luck, with all your plans, and make sure you leave a bit of cash in your UK bank account and bring a cheque book, because they weren't the only people that said we were overpaid and wanted money back (family tax credit) need I say more?

Nice Guy

Hey Kerrie

The short answer is no you don't get it unless you cheat the system and don't tell them you are emigratimg.

It brings in a whole moral, ethical and legal debate about honesty, personally I prefer to sleep at night.

Tell them you are moving and the date, unless the rules have changed you will continue to get it until the day you leave.

tease

i think that you may claim it if you have return tickets for 6 months - seem to think there has been a previous thread

SarahB

We told them we were emigrating but they still cocked up and then told me we owed them money.

I also never received a tax return from IR and then got a final demand letter thing this January from them... I told them Id never received one and they said that was not an excuse not to do it??!! My OH got sent a tax return but then got a letter saying he didnt have to complete it after all.... youve guessed it..... yes he got sent a final demand too in January.... so he filled his in and I printed off the bits I needed from their website and filled it in and we both sent them off. OH rang them to make sure they received it in time and they said yes..... so a week later he gets a bill from them saying he was late filing it and he owes them £100....arghhh

We filled in P80s (I think thats what they were) and sent them back after getting here.... I rang them and asked if they wanted us to fill in anything else... they said no thats all. A few months later we get letters from our Property Management company saying they cant pay us all the rent as we havnt filled in a P80 and a Non-Residents Landlord form.

Talk about peed off with it all.

So the moral to this waffling is.... even if you inform them they wont listen and wont give you the info you need.... and will totally cock everything up!!

chay and kerrie

Thanks for your replies.sounds like whatever i do is going to be the wrong thing? might just ring them all and tell them that we are immigrating cause this country has lost the plot!! When do you think i should start ringing them all? sorry for all the questions but my head is spinning trying to pack and don't no where to start first,the days are just flying by.
thanks again and have a good day can't wait to be out there.

SarahB

Probably give them as much notice as you can.

I remember those last few weeks.... total chaos...... but it did all fall into place and the actual move as a complete doddle.

I wish you luck with it all!!

karonious

We informed them way before our departure date. We have a letter informing us of their overpayment..................
I am SO busy these days that I have not found the time to refund them for THEIR mistake of one child's overpayment by one week....

Jack The Lad

So just out of interest.

What are the rules ref. NZ child benefit?

ie How long do you have to live there or do you have to have PR or whatever?

Cheers

SarahB

I have no idea sorry but Id like to know as we have just had our second child. I really ought to get onto the website and have a look.

Jack The Lad

Yes you did

SarahB

I know.... I will get round to it sometime. I think I probably need to sort bubba an IRD number before I can claim and I havnt done that yet.

Divine Comedy

Dear Madam

Thank you for your email received on 18 January 2007.

Once we receive the application with all the relevant documents
it can take 2 to 3 weeks to process before payments start.

New Zealand does not have a universal child benefit that
everyone is entitled to receive.

I hope this has answered your query.

Yours sincerely

S Poa
Services Officer
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Hey there, this is a reply i got when i e-mailed NZ gov site about family assitance/support, we have PR and i told them this on my enquiry. Hope it helps. Debborah.

dlmckay

There is no Child Benefit in NZ, but if you have PR and are working, you can apply for Working Families Tax Credit thing... um link here..... http://www.workingforfamilies.govt.nz/

If you're particularly poor, you can also apply for a Childcare Subsidy
http://www.workingforfamilies.govt.nz/childcare-costs/

They also mention Accommodation Allowance, but I think you really have to be on the bones of your arse before you can get that one...

zoej

I have just spoken to child benefit international enquiry line in the UK, 0845 302 1454.

They said if we notify them about 4 weeks before we leave they will send a form and stop the payments the monday after we leave. they will send us a letter that we can take to NZ. Apparently they have a reciprocal agreement with NZ. For the first 12 months we can take this letter to them and they should start payments from the monday we left uk. After 12 months or once you are a residence I think you are then entitles for local NZ family tax credits.

see: http://www.ird.govt.nz/individuals/