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How long can I stay out of the UK?
Can anyone help with some straightforward advice. I am getting IB & DLA at the higher rate & will never be able to work again. I have a holiday home in France & I am finding it hard to get a direct answer as to how long I can spend there without it affecting my benefit.
Does anyone know how many consecutive weeks I can spend in France. Also, to break the weeks up do I have to return to the UK or can I simply go to another EU country and have my passport stamped (e.g. Spain or Belgium)? I was told this by someone but it seems unlikely to me. PLEASE don't suggest the DWP website as I have checked this & find it typical government mumbo jumbo with no direct answers to anything!! Any advice or past experience would be most welcome.
Does anyone know how many consecutive weeks I can spend in France. Also, to break the weeks up do I have to return to the UK or can I simply go to another EU country and have my passport stamped (e.g. Spain or Belgium)? I was told this by someone but it seems unlikely to me. PLEASE don't suggest the DWP website as I have checked this & find it typical government mumbo jumbo with no direct answers to anything!! Any advice or past experience would be most welcome.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.thanks for the replies, have been intouch with dla and they give me some info, so thanks bednobs, i have heard 91 days from somewhere but like you, ugly_bob, i can not confirm this, i have sent an email to imigration to see it they can give me an answer, as it just my be the residency issue and not my benifits.