Child benefit

[Woody]

Hello

I,ve noticed on recent threads the mention of child benefit.

Could anyone please give me an answer on whether we would qualify.

We cancelled our child benefit from the U.K. when we moved to France.
As we are living off earnings at the moment neither of us have jobs & so are not making contributions.
We do have health cover with the CPAM (don't know if this is related)

Thanks

[Punch]

>We cancelled our child benefit from
>the U.K. when we moved
>to France.
>As we are living off earnings
>at the moment neither of
>us have jobs & so
>are not making contributions.
>We do have health cover with
>the CPAM (don't know if
>this is related)

If you are subscribed and contributing to the CPAM and you have given up UK beneits, you are definetely entitled to child benefit here in France. You may be asked (as we were) for a letter from the UK benefits agency showing that you have relinquished your rights to Uk benefit before they will pay you. We receive considerably less for two children, than we did years ago in the UK, however I believe that above three children the amount becomes more than the Uk.

Regards,

Paul