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Registering the birth and chill benefit

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  • 24-09-2014 12:27pm
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    Penny Dreadful
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, I'm hoping the more experienced parents here will be able to help with this one.
    My baby was born on Sept 15th in the Coombe. They send the paperwork to the register to say baby x born. We then go in with ID and register her name, etc.
    that's all grand.
    My query is this, the Coombe allow themselves up to 6 weeks after the birth to notify the registers office. We can't register for child benefit/ children's allowance until the birth is registered.
    So this means that potentially it could be November or December before the allowance is paid to the baby despite the fact that she was born in September, is this correct?
    It seems a little unfair if so.


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    Rose35
    Registered Users Posts: 566 ✭✭✭Rose35


    You won't get any benefit for the month of September, but you will get back pay from Oct onwards.
    My son was born Aug 15 2012 and I didn't formally register him until November(birth registry office) so got 3 months back pay.


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    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    They usually have the paperwork within two weeks. Your benefit is backdated so you will get a month or two together. It's unfair but that's the way it is.


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    Penny Dreadful
    Registered Users Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭Penny Dreadful


    Rose35 wrote: »
    You won't get any benefit for the month of September, but you will get back pay from Oct onwards.
    My son was born Aug 15 2012 and I didn't formally register him until November(birth registry office) so got 3 months back pay.
    January wrote: »
    They usually have the paperwork within two weeks. Your benefit is backdated so you will get a month or two together. It's unfair but that's the way it is.

    That's fine so. Thanks for the quick replies. I knew (for some odd reason) that we'd missed out on September and was fine with that but I did think it would be a bit rich if it ended up possibly being November or December before anything started at all. Having a payment backdates is grand.


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    lolademmers
    Registered Users Posts: 263 ✭✭lolademmers


    I think so. My baby was born last October but I only got the child benefit in January Got it back paid though. You don't get it for the month the child is born.


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    j@utis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭j@utis


    We registered our baby on 13th of Aug, two weeks after he was born, two weeks later the form for Child benefit arrived, filled it out, returned it and we've been waiting since. They're very slow, aren't they?


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    Ocean Blue
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    j@utis wrote: »
    We registered our baby on 13th of Aug, two weeks after he was born, two weeks later the form for Child benefit arrived, filled it out, returned it and we've been waiting since. They're very slow, aren't they?

    I used the pin number to complete the form online and had a letter with details of the upcoming lodgement within a couple of days. So certainly the electronic route is very efficient.


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    sonners
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭sonners


    Ocean Blue wrote: »
    I used the pin number to complete the form online and had a letter with details of the upcoming lodgement within a couple of days. So certainly the electronic route is very efficient.

    Do you mind me asking what setup you used to complete the form online? As in, were you on Windows or Mac and what browser you were using?

    I only ask because I've tried numerous browsers on a Mac and I keep getting a system error when I try to save the updated PDF file on the site, I've gone back to it numerous days and keep getting the same error. I was thinking it would be alot quicker to do it online but I haven't managed to complete the form yet! I could get a loan of a Windows machine if I thought it would work.

    Cheers.


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    j@utis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,064 ✭✭✭j@utis


    Same here, I tried online too but it kept showing me error message something like "complete the fields in red" but there were no fields in red on the form and it just wouldn't save for me, so I went to old fashioned paper route. I might try again using different browser, google chrome didn't work last time.


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    January
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23,862 ✭✭✭✭January


    The money should be there in Octobers payment, I've often got the letter after the payment went through. I certainly did this time around, money was there and letter arrived the week after.


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    RentDayBlues
    Registered Users Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭RentDayBlues


    sonners wrote: »
    Do you mind me asking what setup you used to complete the form online? As in, were you on Windows or Mac and what browser you were using?

    I only ask because I've tried numerous browsers on a Mac and I keep getting a system error when I try to save the updated PDF file on the site, I've gone back to it numerous days and keep getting the same error. I was thinking it would be alot quicker to do it online but I haven't managed to complete the form yet! I could get a loan of a Windows machine if I thought it would work.

    Cheers.

    Doesn't work in mac, don't get me started!


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    Rua1
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Rua1


    I think you have to save welfare.ie as a trusted domain or something to submit the pdf file. I missed the instructions, but my husband noticed them when filling in the online form...could be the problem there. It's not particularly clear, particularly for sleep deprived new parents!!

    I also received a payment notification after I'd received the money.
    I registered Sean 1 week after he was born too. Just ring the registry office before you go in to see if it's there. I ended up ringing the Dublin one as I couldn't get through to Wicklow. They were happy to help


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    Rua1
    Registered Users Posts: 152 ✭✭Rua1


    Sean was born in the Coombe too. They had his details when we rang a week later.


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    Ocean Blue
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    sonners wrote: »
    Do you mind me asking what setup you used to complete the form online? As in, were you on Windows or Mac and what browser you were using?

    I only ask because I've tried numerous browsers on a Mac and I keep getting a system error when I try to save the updated PDF file on the site, I've gone back to it numerous days and keep getting the same error. I was thinking it would be alot quicker to do it online but I haven't managed to complete the form yet! I could get a loan of a Windows machine if I thought it would work.

    Cheers.

    A Windows PC and Internet Explorer. The instructions specifically say you must use IE. I missed that initially and tried using Chrome. They would probably make the warning a bit clearer alright.....


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    sonners
    Registered Users Posts: 317 ✭✭sonners


    Ocean Blue wrote: »
    A Windows PC and Internet Explorer. The instructions specifically say you must use IE. I missed that initially and tried using Chrome. They would probably make the warning a bit clearer alright.....

    Thanks for that Ocean Blue. I went through all the instructions and it gave a few options for Mac, supposedly it will work on Firefox on Mac but no joy :( wish they would just be honest and say Windows/IE ONLY instead of leading people down the garden path!


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