child benefit

[KeithD]

(3) In spite of the fact that my eldest son was born in the UK (British father / Filipina mother), my wife was not allowed to claim child benefit for roughly 10 years.

Did you appeal, or reply apply every year, as you can claim child benefit even if the kid was in the Philippines, they do not check where the child is!! Hence 1,000's of Europeans doing it that way.

Where the mother comes from is irrelevant, the benefit is to pay towards the upbringing of a child in the UK.

[22pilgrim]

Did you appeal, or reply apply every year, as you can claim child benefit even if the kid was in the Philippines, they do not check where the child is!! Hence 1,000's of Europeans doing it that way.

Where the mother comes from is irrelevant, the benefit is to pay towards the upbringing of a child in the UK.

No we did nt appeal because about a year after I took an expat job in Oz and then another in the Middle East. It was a long time ago when we first (unsuccessfully) applied and its quite possible the rules have changed over the years.
I wish we had appealed because due to a change in rules last year, mothers that stayed at home to raise a family AND who where in receipt of child allowance can have those years added to the qualifying years for a state pension.

Regards,

Nigel