Hi, my name is Jessica12! Can I still claim PIP if I go to Spain for 3 months?
Jessica12
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I suffer with chronic arthritis and have suffered badly this last winter. My friend lives in Spain and keeps asking myself and my husband to stay with her for 3 months during the winter as the heat and Sun will help me immensely.
If I decided to do this can I still claim my PIP allowance as we could not afford to do it otherwise. Also would this effect taking other holidays during the year? Although I have looked online it is very vague as to whether it is allowed. Thank you.
If I decided to do this can I still claim my PIP allowance as we could not afford to do it otherwise. Also would this effect taking other holidays during the year? Although I have looked online it is very vague as to whether it is allowed. Thank you.
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Hi there
From what I have read you can go for up to 13 weeks and still claim PIP
However I dont know but this maybe an annual amount
You would be best ti contact welfare rights
If you claim any other benefits they are affected differently -
https://www.gov.uk/claim-benefits-abroad/illness-injury-benefitsGoing abroad temporarily
You can claim the following benefits if you’re going abroad for up to 13 weeks (or 26 weeks if it’s for medical treatment):Tell the office that deals with your benefit that you’ll be away.As janer says, rules for other benefits are different.
Jessica12 said: Also would this effect taking other holidays during the year?C2056 In certain circumstances a person who is absent from GB can be treated as present. This applies to four groups
1. Claimants who are temporarily absent
2. Claimants who are temporarily absent in order to receive medical treatment abroad...
C2057 A claimant is temporarily absent if, at the beginning of the period of absence, their absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks.
C2058 A claimant who is temporarily absent from GB shall be treated as present for the first 13 weeks of absence. At the end of that 13 weeks, ..the claimant will cease to satisfy the condition of entitlement to PIP that they be present in GB.I can't find any explicit guidance on repeated absences.
Take note that it is 13 weeks - not three months. I also can't find guidance where a day when you leave GB or arrive back in GB counts as a day in GB or whether you have to be here for the full 24 hours.
Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK. -
At the moment no one is going on holiday and that will probably be the case until June or July this year.2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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woodbine said:At the moment no one is going on holiday and that will probably be the case until June or July this year.Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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Well as this winter is nearly over its obvious I meant next winter if restrictions allow!!
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Looked it up eventually and now know what to do if I decide to go.
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Jessica12 said:Well as this winter is nearly over its obvious I meant next winter if restrictions allow!!2024 The year of the general election...the time for change is coming 💡
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It's the bad months Woodbine like Dec Jan, Feb they have crippled me this year. Haven't been out much so lockdown was neither here not there. Apart from not catching it obviously!!
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I'm glad you were able to find an answer @Jessica12
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