Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook 2020/21Part 11: Immigration and residence rules for benefits and tax creditsChapter 69: Going abroad Key facts
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Key facts
    •Most benefits and tax credits are affected if you, or your partner or child, go abroad.
    •In certain circumstances, you can continue to receive benefit for a set number of weeks while you are away for a temporary period.
    •You may be entitled to receive UK benefits for a longer (or indefinite) period if you go to an European Economic Area (EEA) country.
Brexit
Further to the UK having left the European Union (EU), the rules described in this chapter on your benefit entitlements if you go to an EEA country continue until the end of the transition period which, at the time of writing, was due to end on 31 December 2020. For more information, including the rules after this period, see here.
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