Going abroad

Tinabella
Tinabella Online Community Member Posts: 5 Connected
edited June 2025 in PIP, DLA, ADP & AA

Hi all


if one is on disability benefits, how often is one allowed to go abroad in a year for a month at a time.

Many thanks


sophia

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  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,412 Championing

    Hi @Tinabella - if you're just claiming PIP, you can go abroad for 13 weeks at any one time.

    With UC it's a month (usually regarded as 30 days), tho the day you leave & arrive back in the UK don't count if you don't have any work or other committments.

    With ESA it's stated as being 4 weeks.

    You can go abroad for these time periods as often as you want in a year.

  • Tinabella
    Tinabella Online Community Member Posts: 5 Connected

    Hi CHiarieds

    Thank you kindly for coming back to me, so if I get both UC and PIP, can I go abroad numerous times during the year up to one month only, which is 30 days excluding leaving the day and day coming back?

    Many thanks

  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,412 Championing

    You're welcome.

    If you receive the LCWRA element of UC (& PIP), then that's absolutely correct.

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