LCWRA and going abroad

rsh
rsh Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
edited March 2024 in Universal Credit (UC)
Hello.
I have recently been awarded LCWRA.
I have read that if you go abroad you can do so only within a 4 week (some say 1month) time period.
Is this 4 weeks allowed in one annual year?
Is this 4 weeks consecutive or split up?
My partner will soon be starting some work abroad in Europe. And I would like to get the rules in order ready for future visits.

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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing
    When claiming UC it's 1 month that you're allowed to go abroad for. The day you go and the day you come home do not count. There's no amount of times in a year where you can or can't go. Are you claiming UC with your partner?
  • rsh
    rsh Community Member Posts: 2 Listener
    I have been on UC and it has just been switched to LCWRA . The claim is just for me, we do not live together etc.
    So there is no limit on how many times you leave the country in a year, so long as you do not go for more than one month consecutively? 
    Thanks
  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community Member Posts: 64,375 Championing
    LCWRA is just an element of UC, it hasn't been switched from UC to LCWRA. There's no limits.

    woodbine said:
    In post one you said they are your partner, but you don't live together ??
    Some people refer to them as their partner even when not living together. A couple can be married, not live together and can claim UC as single people. 
  • pereto
    pereto Community Member Posts: 44 Contributor

    Hi Poppy I was wondering do you have a link to an official site where it says the day you leave and the day you return do not count. Ive found where it say can be any number of times up to 1 month.

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