Universal Credit - Going abroad

fionamary
fionamary Community Member Posts: 5 Listener
edited May 30 in Universal Credit (UC)


I would like advice on UC and going abroad.

My assessment period is 22nd to 21st of the month. If I go with my mum to see my brother in Australia when should o go and come back without losing 

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  • Mary_Scope
    Mary_Scope Posts: 5,186 Scope Online Community Children and Family Specialists

    Hi @fionamary and a warm welcome to the communtiy from me!

    Australia sounds amazing! How long are you going for?

    You can go abroad for up to one month without your universal credit being impacted😊

  • fionamary
    fionamary Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    I read that but my friend went to see his family and went for 6 weeks and had his UC stopped and he had to reapply when he got home so he had some in February then nothing until last week after he reapplied and he had to prove that he went send copies of his tickets, they said it was because it went over two assessment periods so he lost March and April

  • fionamary
    fionamary Community Member Posts: 5 Listener

    can someone confirm that if you go on holiday for a month it has to be in your assessment period . As if you go over you will lose UC

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 4,221 Online Community Team

    Hi @fionamary. You are able to go abroad for up to one month without it affecting your UC, as long as you report it via your journal and stick to your claimant commitment. It doesn't matter if it goes across two assessment periods, as long as it's one month or less.

    Are you planning on going anywhere nice?

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