Is renewing a passport ok or likely to raise questions?

tinkledom

QuackQuackOops wrote: »

LOL.....you don't have to tell the DWP every time you go on holiday.

well in the interest of making sure who is right as this may affect many posters on here.


I have quoted exactly what the DWP's stance is which is quite clear. You can continue to claim and receive ESA for up to 4 weeks whilst on holiday. BUT you must talk to your local JC before you go.


Now if that advice is wrong, could you please give us all a link so that we may be able to comply with the correct rule. And if the DWP are wrong then I will contact them and advise that they remove such misleading information on their website.

dori2o

tinkledom wrote: »

well in the interest of making sure who is right as this may affect many posters on here.


I have quoted exactly what the DWP's stance is which is quite clear. You can continue to claim and receive ESA for up to 4 weeks whilst on holiday. BUT you must talk to your local JC before you go.


Now if that advice is wrong, could you please give us all a link so that we may be able to comply with the correct rule. And if the DWP are wrong then I will contact them and advise that they remove such misleading information on their website.

Where does any of the guidance you have supplied say MUST

It's time this trolls latest AE was banned I think.

specialboy

Not taking sides here but it does state on the governments own website...


Benefits for carers and people with disabilities

Going 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):

• Attendance Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance - care component
• Personal Independence Payment - daily living component

You can carry on claiming Carer’s Allowance if you take up to 4 weeks holiday out of a 26-week period.
Tell the office that deals with your benefit that you’ll be away.


So it seems sensible enough to me to inform them of your intentions to travel abroad.

Parva

tinkledom wrote: »

well in the interest of making sure who is right as this may affect many posters on here.


I have quoted exactly what the DWP's stance is which is quite clear. You can continue to claim and receive ESA for up to 4 weeks whilst on holiday. BUT you must talk to your local JC before you go.


Now if that advice is wrong, could you please give us all a link so that we may be able to comply with the correct rule. And if the DWP are wrong then I will contact them and advise that they remove such misleading information on their website.

Conversely, could you give me a link that says that I am unable to take a 2 week holiday abroad whilst I am in the ESA support group that says I must inform the DWP? No? Utter BS Andy. Reporting your post also with the hope of yet another PPR.

Morglin

tinkledom wrote: »

Eerrrr taken from the Gov website:


Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

There are 2 types of ESA - income-related or contribution-based.
You can get both of these for 4 weeks if you go abroad.
Talk to your local Jobcentre Plus before you go.

The JCP will not want to get involved with anyone taking a normal holiday, of approx 2 weeks.

Why would they, as it doesn't affect anything. Good luck with phoning them though, waiting ages in a call queue for them to be completely uninterested in where you are taking your bucket and spade this year lol

If anyone is going abroad for more than 4 weeks, then, yes, they need to be notified, because of residency rules.

But, as has been said, people do go on holiday, and they need passports for foreign holidays and ID.

Lin

Morglin

tinkledom wrote: »

I went to an assessment this afternoon with ATOS and after what was discussed on this thread earlier took my 10 year out of date passport with me (ran out in 2003) - they accepted it. So who needs a new passport for ID - any old one will do.


If you were claiming ESA, would you use your passport to go abroad for a holiday WITHOUT telling the DWP beforehand? I hope you would.

Banks, the DWP, councils etc., will not accept out of date passports as evidence of anything.

ATOS don't usually, but I accept that, as ever, your experiences have been different to everyone else's.

Lin :whistle:

QuackQuackOops

specialboy wrote: »

Not taking sides here but it does state on the governments own website...


Benefits for carers and people with disabilities

Going 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):

• Attendance Allowance
• Disability Living Allowance - care component
• Personal Independence Payment - daily living component

You can carry on claiming Carer’s Allowance if you take up to 4 weeks holiday out of a 26-week period.
Tell the office that deals with your benefit that you’ll be away.


So it seems sensible enough to me to inform them of your intentions to travel abroad.

That has nothing to do with going on a normal holiday.

Disabled people in this country have every right to take a holiday without informing anyone at the DWP.

Actually requiring a disabled person to inform the DWP of a normal holiday of less than 4 weeks would be discriminatory.

925dancer

Since when did the passport office start informing the DWP of who has applied for a new passport anyway!?

As for paralympians receiving DLA/PIP, being an athlete does not negate their disabilities, it is not a benefit awarded on basis of ability to work but in order to facilitate independence. Playing wheelchair basketball or sitting down volley ball doesn't magic away their mobility needs or care needs, it just means they have found something they can do within their capabilities. Same with those who work and receive those benefits.

Disabled doesn't mean completely useless.

Morglin

The passport office, as far as I know, don't inform the DWP, nor do the airlines, ship lines or anybody else.

The only issue I ever have with going abroad is the travel insurance - the sky is the limit on that, if you have a disability! :eek:

But, in the main, I use my passport for ID, as everywhere accepts that.

Lin

tinkledom

dori2o wrote: »

Where does any of the guidance you have supplied say MUST

It's time this trolls latest AE was banned I think.

Who said 'must'? I didn't.


What I said was that the DWP guidance tells you: Talk to your local Jobcentre Plus before you go.

Now if that isn't clear, I don't know what else I can say.


Some on here say that you don't need to contact them, but have failed to given any official guidance on what they presuppose to be the situation.


So in the absence of any other guidance I would suggest that you do what the book says and TALK to the JC BEFORE you go on holiday.