Child Benefit
Child Benefit is a tax-free monthly or weekly payment to anyone bringing up a child or young person. It is not affected by income or savings so most people who are bringing up a child or young person qualify for it. Additional qualifying conditions apply once a child reaches 16 years of age. If you're entitled to Child Benefit for a child or young person that is not your own, you may also be entitled to Guardian’s Allowance for them if both of their parents have died or in some circumstances where only one parent has died. Child Benefit cannot be paid for all 16 to 19 year olds; but it can be done if they are: 16, 17 or 18 and in full-time further education or have started a programme of approved training 16 or 17, have left full-time education or approved training, and registered with Connexions or the Careers Service (in Northern Ireland, the Department for Employment and Learning, or an Education and Library Board), the Ministry of Defence or any similar body within the EU for work, education or training 19, and in full-time further education or approved training which started before their 19th birthday.
They are special rules if you are in the UK or another EEA country and: employed or self-employed pay UK national insurance contributions, or get
contribution-based Job seeker's Allowance
Incapacity Benefit
State Pension
Widow’s Benefit or Bereavement Benefit
Guardian’s Allowance
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit from the UK
YOU CAN USUALLY GET CHILD BENEFIT EVEN IF YOUR CHILD OR CHILDREN LIVE IN ANOTHER EEA COUNTRY