Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK
Find out about Child Benefit rules if you're coming to the UK from abroad or leaving the UK.
- From:
- HM Revenue & Customs
- Published
- 8 September 2014
- Last updated
- 
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      ChildNotes Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK 
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These notes tell you about special Child Benefit rules if you’re either permanently or temporarily:
  - coming to the UK from abroad
- leaving the UK
These notes are for guidance only and reflect HMRC’s position at the time of writing.
                
      
      
      
  
    Updates to this page
      Published 8 September 2014
    
      
Last updated 2814 NovemberFebruary 2023
      2025
        + show all updates
      
        
          
            
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                The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
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              The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
            
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              The Child Benefit notes for coming to, or leaving the UK have been updated. 
            
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              The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
            
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              The form has been updated following UK transition. 
            
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              This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended. 
            
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              CH5 notes for October 2019 have been added to the page. 
            
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              CH5 Notes for October 2018 have been added to the page. 
            
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              The minimum gross income for genuine and effective work has increased from £155 to £157 per week. Other amendments are for readability, with no changes to law or practice. 
            
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              CH5 Notes for October 2016 has been added to the page. 
            
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              First published. 
            
        
          
      
        
  
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      ChildNotes Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK 
      PDF, 609555 KB, 14 pages
This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.
    
      Request an accessible format.
    
  
    
        If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email different.format@hmrc.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
  
      Find out how accessible our forms are
      https://www.gov.uk/guidance/accessibility-statement-for-hmrc-interactive-forms
  
          
  
    Details
          
          
    
            
These notes tell you about special Child Benefit rules if you’re either permanently or temporarily:
  - coming to the UK from abroad
- leaving the UK
These notes are for guidance only and reflect HMRC’s position at the time of writing.
                
      
      
      
  
    Updates to this page
      Published 8 September 2014
    
      
Last updated 2814 NovemberFebruary 2023
      2025
        + show all updates
      
        
          
            
              - 
                
                The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
- 
                
              The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              The Child Benefit notes for coming to, or leaving the UK have been updated. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              The form has been updated following UK transition. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              CH5 notes for October 2019 have been added to the page. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              CH5 Notes for October 2018 have been added to the page. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              The minimum gross income for genuine and effective work has increased from £155 to £157 per week. Other amendments are for readability, with no changes to law or practice. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              CH5 Notes for October 2016 has been added to the page. 
            
            - 
              
- 
                
              First published. 
            
        
          
      
        
  
      Sign up for emails or print this page
  
  
  
  
  
  
Details
These notes tell you about special Child Benefit rules if you’re either permanently or temporarily:
- coming to the UK from abroad
- leaving the UK
These notes are for guidance only and reflect HMRC’s position at the time of writing.
Updates to this page
Published 8 September 2014Last updated
- 
                
                The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
- 
                The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
- 
                The Child Benefit notes for coming to, or leaving the UK have been updated. 
- 
                The Child Benefit notes for coming to or leaving the UK have been updated. 
- 
                The form has been updated following UK transition. 
- 
                This page has been updated because the Brexit transition period has ended. 
- 
                CH5 notes for October 2019 have been added to the page. 
- 
                CH5 Notes for October 2018 have been added to the page. 
- 
                The minimum gross income for genuine and effective work has increased from £155 to £157 per week. Other amendments are for readability, with no changes to law or practice. 
- 
                CH5 Notes for October 2016 has been added to the page. 
- 
                First published. 
