6. Jobseeker’s allowance
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6. Jobseeker’s allowance
If you are entitled immediately before you leave, you can continue to be entitled to jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) during a temporary absence from GB for:
    ■the first four weeks if you are in Northern Ireland and the absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks; or
    ■the first eight weeks if you are taking your dependent child abroad for medical treatment by an appropriately qualified person and the absence is unlikely to exceed 52 weeks; or
    ■up to seven days if you are abroad for a job interview for no longer than that and you give notice (written, if required) to the Jobcentre Plus office and on your return you satisfy the employment officer that you attended the interview; or
    ■the first 15 days if you go abroad to take part in annual continuous training as a member of a reserve force; or
    ■the first 26 weeks, if you were present in a country when the UK government advised British nationals to leave, or arranged for their evacuation from, that country, you had not entered t
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