Claiming benefits if you live, move or travel abroad

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Universal Credit

If you go abroad, you can continue to get Universal Credit for one month.

You must:

  • be eligible for Universal Credit when you바카라 사이트™re going abroad
  • remain eligible for it while you바카라 사이트™re abroad
  • tell your work coach that you바카라 사이트™re going

If a close relative dies while you바카라 사이트™re abroad and it would not be reasonable for you to come back to the UK, you can get Universal Credit for one more month.

You cannot get Universal Credit if you바카라 사이트™re moving abroad permanently.

You cannot apply for Universal Credit if you바카라 사이트™re already abroad.

Going abroad for medical treatment

You can continue to get Universal Credit for up to 6 months if:

  • you go abroad for medical treatment
  • you go abroad for a period of recovery that바카라 사이트™s been approved by a medical professional (also known as 바카라 사이트˜approved convalescence바카라 사이트™)
  • your partner or child is going abroad for medical treatment or 바카라 사이트˜approved convalescence바카라 사이트™ and you바카라 사이트™re going with them

If you바카라 사이트™re a civil servant, diplomat or member of the armed forces

There are different rules for claiming Universal Credit while abroad if you바카라 사이트™re a civil servant, diplomat or a member of the armed forces.

You may be able to make a claim or keep getting Universal Credit while you바카라 사이트™re abroad if:

  • you바카라 사이트™re abroad due to work duties, for example posted abroad in the armed forces
  • the UK was your main home immediately before you were sent abroad (you were 바카라 사이트˜habitually resident바카라 사이트™ in the UK)

If you바카라 사이트™re a member of the armed forces, you바카라 사이트™ll need to use a specific address when you claim.

You need to tell your work coach before you go abroad. They바카라 사이트™ll tell you which things from your 바카라 사이트˜claimant commitment바카라 사이트™ you need to keep doing while you바카라 사이트™re abroad.

If you바카라 사이트™re a mariner or continental shelf worker

If you바카라 사이트™re entitled to Universal Credit when you go abroad, you can continue to get it for up to 6 months.

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