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Childrens allowance from Oz

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  • 09-06-2015 4:06am
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    TwistZ
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi,

    Basically I moved to Perth almost 3 years ago and never cancelled the children's allowance for my 5 yr when we left. I didn't know if I was going to stay here or what my entitlements were once I left Ireland.
    Anyway, I have just had a new baby here and am wondering how it will affect me when I move home next year and register my 2nd child.
    Has anyone any advice or been in a similar situation?


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    WheatenBriar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭WheatenBriar


    TwistZ wrote: »
    Hi,

    Basically I moved to Perth almost 3 years ago and never cancelled the children's allowance for my 5 yr when we left. I didn't know if I was going to stay here or what my entitlements were once I left Ireland.
    Anyway, I have just had a new baby here and am wondering how it will affect me when I move home next year and register my 2nd child.
    Has anyone any advice or been in a similar situation?
    you are not entitled to receive the payments
    Your situation will be twigged when you go to claim for a 1 year old and I would not be surprised if you are asked to repay what you claimed whilst out of the country
    What do you mean when you say 'register your 2nd child' ,it was born in Australia,you can't register its birth in Ireland


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,335 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    WheatenBriar wrote: »
    What do you mean when you say 'register your 2nd child' ,it was born in Australia,you can't register its birth in Ireland

    I'd assume she means register the child for childrens allowance, not register the birth


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    devondudley
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭devondudley


    so basically you fraudulently claimed 5 years worth of childrens allowance and now want to know how to claim for the second child when you move back.

    what do you think will happen ?


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    GladWrap
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭GladWrap


    Absolutely you can register the birth in Ireland via the Embassy.
    It's an entitlement that all citizens have for while Irish citizenship is automatic if a child is born to an Irish citizen, in order to be able to claim it you must register the birth.

    All of my children have been born in Australia and all were registered via the Embassy in Canberra for the purposes of having Irish citizenship.


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    Chocolate fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭Chocolate fiend


    Unless you are working for an Irish company you will be most likely asked to pay the money back. It is fraud. I am surprised that you have not had one of their "letters" in all that time getting you to verify your entitlement. Your new baby might not make any difference to it though, we had one here in Oz and while we were eligible for CB we did not realise it, and it wasn't until we went back to Ireland that the system picked him up and we got 6 months back pay.


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    Chocolate fiend
    Registered Users Posts: 465 ✭✭Chocolate fiend


    GladWrap wrote: »
    Absolutely you can register the birth in Ireland via the Embassy.
    It's an entitlement that all citizens have for while Irish citizenship is automatic if a child is born to an Irish citizen, in order to be able to claim it you must register the birth.

    All of my children have been born in Australia and all were registered via the Embassy in Canberra for the purposes of having Irish citizenship.

    If neither parent has Australian citizenship it does not matter, the child will automatically get Irish citizenship. We were on a 457 and it was not even a discussion point, he was just Irish, born in Australia. We did not have to register him any differently. He has an Australian birth cert.


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