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Child Benefit: How to claim
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You can claim Child Benefit as soon as you’ve registered the birth of your child, or they come to live with you.
How long it takes
It can take up to 16 weeks to process a new Child Benefit claim (or longer if you’re new to the UK). Child Benefit can be backdated for up to 3 months.
Deciding who should claim
Only one person can get Child Benefit for a child, so you need to decide whether it’s better for you or the other parent to claim. The person who claims will get National Insurance credits towards their state pension if they are not working or earn less than £242 per week.
Make a claim for the first time
Fill in Child Benefit claim form Ch3 and send it to the Child Benefit Office. The address is on the form.
If your child is adopted, send their original adoption certificate with the form. You can order a new adoption certificate if you’ve lost the original.
If you do not have the adoption certificate you need, send your claim form now and send the certificate once you’ve got it.
If your child’s birth was registered outside the UK
When you send your claim form, include your child’s:
- original birth certificate
- passport or travel document used to enter the UK
If you’ve lost the original you can order a new birth certificate.
Your child’s documents will usually be returned within 4 weeks.
Add a child to an existing claim
Call the Child Benefit helpline if all of the following apply:
- your child is under 6 months old and lives with you
- your child was born in the UK
- your child’s birth was registered in England, Scotland or Wales more than 48 hours ago
- you’re a UK or Irish national and you’ve lived in the UK since the start of your claim
When you call, you’ll need your:
- National Insurance number
- child’s birth certificate
Child Benefit helpline
Telephone: 0300 200 3100
Welsh language: 0300 200 1900
Textphone: 0300 200 3103
Outside UK: +44 161 210 3086
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
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If you do not meet the criteria to add a child by phone
You’ll need to make a new claim by post.
Fill in Child Benefit form Ch3 and send it to the Child Benefit Office. The address is on the form.
If you’re claiming for more than 2 children, also include the ‘additional children’ form.
If you registered the birth in Northern Ireland
You’ll need to send the birth certificate by post when you have it.
HM Revenue and Customs - Child Benefit Office
PO Box 1
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE88 1AA
United Kingdom
Claiming Child Benefit for someone else
You may be able to manage someone else’s Child Benefit claim.
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Claim Child Benefit for one or more children
If you fill in the form online, there is no limit for how many children you can claim for.
Who can apply
Only one person can claim Child Benefit.
If you are in a couple and one of you does not work or earns less than £242 a week, it is recommended for that person to claim to help protect their state pension.
They should make the claim.
You do not need to be the parent of the child to claim Child Benefit.
When to apply
Claim as soon as your baby is born and registered or once a child comes to live with you, including adoption.
To claim, the child must either be under 16 or under 20 and in approved education or training.
Do not delay making your claim as Child Benefit can only be backdated up to 3 months.
Before you start
You’ll need the following documents for any children you are applying for, depending on your circumstances:
- birth certificate
- passport or travel documents used to enter the UK
- adoption certificate
You will also need:
- your bank or building society details
- your National Insurance number
- your partner’s National Insurance number, if you have one
- a printer
Fill in a form online
You can only use the online form if:
- you and your partner have always lived in the UK (unless you or your partner are a member of HM Forces or civil servants abroad)
- the children you are claiming for have lived in only your household and no other for the past year
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You need to open and complete this form online.
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Fill in form Ch3 online.
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Print and post your completed form to HMRC, along with any documents you may need to send. We will let you know what those documents are at the end of this form. We will also tell you where to send your form.
Fill in a form by hand
If you are claiming for more than 2 children and are printing the form off and filling it in by hand, you will need to complete both the Ch3 and the Ch3 (CS) forms and return them to HMRC.
Claim for up to 2 children
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Download and save form Ch3 (PDF, 551 KB, 9 pages) on your computer.
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Print off and fill in the form.
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Post your completed form to HMRC, along with any documents you may need to send. Information about which documents you need to send can be found on the form.
We will also tell you where to send your form.
This file may not be suitable if you use assistive technology — such as a screen reader. If you need a more accessible format email [email protected] and tell us what format you need. It will help if you tell us what assistive technology you use. Read the accessibility statement for HMRC forms.
Claim for more than 2 children
You must also send in a completed Ch3 (CS) form with your Ch3.
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Download and save form Ch3 (CS) (PDF, 73.4 KB, 1 page) on your computer.
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Print off and fill in the form.
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Post your completed Ch3 and Ch3 (CS) forms to HMRC, along with any documents you may need to send. Information about which documents you need to send can be found on the form. We will also tell you where to send your form.
This file may not be suitable if you use assistive technology — such as a screen reader.
If you need a more accessible format email [email protected] and tell us what format you need. It will help if you tell us what assistive technology you use. Read the accessibility statement for HMRC forms.
Notes to help you complete the form
Read the Ch3 notes (ODT, 20.3 KB) to help you complete the form correctly.
After you have claimed
When you start getting Child Benefit, it is your responsibility to report any changes that affect your Child Benefit.
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kniga", 2022) The period for payment of benefits is no more than 10 working days from the date of receipt of information on state registration of birth contained in the unified register of the registry office. The FSS transfers money through a postal service organization, credit or other organization specified in the information about the insured person (part 25 of article 13, part 1 of article 15 of Law N 255-FZ).
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Federal Law of 05/19/1995 N 81-FZ
(as amended on 07/14/2022)
"On state benefits to citizens with children" Benefit for pregnancy and childbirth , a one-time allowance at the birth of a child, a monthly allowance for caring for a child, as well as a one-time allowance for the transfer of a child for upbringing to a family are assigned if they were applied no later than six months, respectively, from the date of the end of the maternity leave, from the date of birth of the child , from the day the child reaches the age of one and a half years, from the date the court decision on adoption comes into force, or from the day the guardianship and guardianship authority makes a decision to establish guardianship (guardianship), or from the day the agreement is concluded on the transfer of the child for upbringing to a foster family, and a one-time allowance to the pregnant wife of a conscripted military serviceman, and monthly personal allowance for a child of a military serviceman who is doing military service by conscription - no later than six months from the day the military serviceman ends his military service by conscription.
Order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated September 29, 2020 N 668n
(as amended on June 21, 2022)
"On approval of the Procedure and conditions for the appointment and payment of state benefits to citizens with children"
(Registered with the Ministry of Justice of Russia on December 23, 2020 N 61741)82 . Pregnancy and childbirth allowance, a one-time allowance for the birth of a child, a monthly allowance for child care, a one-time allowance for transferring a child to a family, a one-time allowance for the pregnant wife of a conscripted military serviceman, and a monthly allowance for a child of a military serviceman undergoing military service conscription service are appointed if they were applied for no later than six months, respectively, from the date of the end of the maternity leave, from the date of the birth of the child, from the day the child reaches the age of one and a half years, from the date the court decision on adoption comes into force (from the day the guardianship and guardianship authority makes a decision to establish guardianship (guardianship), from the day the agreement is concluded on the transfer of the child for upbringing to a foster family), from the day the military serviceman ends his military service on conscription.
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