jesimps

Thanks for you reply mate, they seem to be strict on this rule that you have to be living together, but having scoured the internet I can find no mention of this stipulation. In fact all other allowances, the wife can claim whether living together or not. It costs me more to keep two households going than if we lived under the same roof. The DWP seem to be burying info on this subject so that people know as little as possible and they can fob them off with any old decision. I knew that they were trying not to pay it by taking 14 months to give me a decision. Now I find that I'm past the cut-off date and even when I tell them that I've moved to Thailand, they'll probably use that to get out of paying me. It makes me very loathe to play ball with them at all. I don't know how true it is, but I've heard that foreign workers in the UK can get family allowance for their kids who are still in their own country. Says it all about how our government treats it's own expats who are legally married; who's stamp is fully paid up and still pay full taxes to the UK If anyone know of any experts who I could contact on the subject I'd be very grateful for the info. I'm willing to pay for services rendered.