I had a friend whose husband moved to UK first and she followed with the kids 6 months later after the house was sold.. She claimed the child benefit here until she went but then had to repay it all before she could get in the UK. You have to claim where you are paying prsi so even though she was still living here with the kids it did not matter.
I had a friend whose husband moved to UK first and she followed with the kids 6 months later after the house was sold.. She claimed the child benefit here until she went but then had to repay it all before she could get in the UK. You have to claim where you are paying prsi so even though she was still living here with the kids it did not matter.
That makes no sense. If she was living here with her children she was entitled to the CB, unless it was being claimed in the husbands name. Just because he moved, her entitlement does not change, she wasn't paying prsi in the UK.
That makes no sense. If she was living here with her children she was entitled to the CB, unless it was being claimed in the husbands name. Just because he moved, her entitlement does not change, she wasn't paying prsi in the UK.
Child Benefit is classed as an EU family benefit, and it is the location of the PRSI (or equivalent) payee that determines where the claim is made, even if the children live elsewhere in the EU.
Child benefit is paid from Ireland in respect of children living in the EU if the father of the family works here in Ireland and pays PRSI here.
As Gipimann says it is a family payment. She could have gone the whole hog and claimed she was separated and got lone parents but she does not abuse the system. logically you would think that if you are living and going to school here you would be entitled to get the payment but this country does not do logic when it comes to paying out money! It was a hard lesson to learn as she was ages paying it back and could not get the money in Uk which is lower until it was paid back.
I am self-employed in Ireland but husband works UK. If he was main breadwinner then I would have to claim cb in the UK and Ireland would top up the difference as children live here. EU regs and a whole lot of red tape. I had to show proof I was self employed and give spouse's UK Nat insurance no and UK address before they left my cb in place. Too little too late ...