{"id":11915,"date":"2023-07-04T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T08:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/?page_id=11915"},"modified":"2023-10-03T04:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T04:23:08","slug":"bereavement-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/bereavement-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Claiming Bereavement Benefits and Allowance Abroad of UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UK BEREAVEMENT BENEFITS ABROAD<\/strong>: You can also make a new claim in certain countries overseas of the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<h3>European Economic Area (EEA) Countries<\/h3>\n<p>Living in an EEA country, Gibraltar, or Switzerland may qualify you for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/death\/bereavement-allowance\/\">Bereavement Allowance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/death\/bereavement-payment\/\">Bereavement Payment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/death\/bereavement-support-payment\/\">Bereavement Support Payment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/death\/widowed-parents-allowance\/\">Widowed Parent&#8217;s Allowance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>Countries Outside of the EEA<\/h3>\n<p>People who qualify can also make a claim for bereavement benefits in some countries outside of the European Economic Area. You could get the Bereavement Support Payment in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbados<\/li>\n<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Channel Islands<\/li>\n<li>Israel<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<li>Kosovo<\/li>\n<li>Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>the Philippines<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<li>USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You might get the Bereavement Allowance, Bereavement Payment, and the Widowed Parent&#8217;s Allowance in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Barbados<\/li>\n<li>Bermuda<\/li>\n<li>Bosnia and Herzegovina<\/li>\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n<li>Channel Islands<\/li>\n<li>Israel<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica<\/li>\n<li>Kosovo<\/li>\n<li>Macedonia<\/li>\n<li>Mauritius<\/li>\n<li>Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>New Zealand<\/li>\n<li>the Philippines<\/li>\n<li>Serbia<\/li>\n<li>Turkey<\/li>\n<li>USA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: The eligibility criteria for the claimant and the payment rates vary between the different countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Help and Advice on Bereavement Benefits<\/strong><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/pensions\/state-pension\/international-pension-centre\/\">Contact the International Pension Centre<\/a><br \/>\n  Telephone: <a href=\"tel:+44(0)1912187608\">+44 (0)191 218 7608<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"\/rules\/call-charges\/\">Information on telephone call charges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"content-inner-block\">\n<h4>ALSO IN THIS SECTION<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/\">Claiming Benefits Abroad<\/a>: Check the rules for going abroad while on benefits and how to claim.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/\">Countries You Can Claim Benefits<\/a>: A list of countries that have special arrangements with the UK.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/job-seekers-allowance\/\">Jobseeker&#8217;s Allowance Abroad<\/a>: See if you qualify for contribution-based JSA overseas payments.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/maternity-and-childcare-benefits\/\">Maternity and Childcare Benefits Abroad<\/a>: Learn how to get SMP and Maternity Allowance overseas.<br \/>\n    <a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/illness-and-injury-benefits\/\">Illness and Injury Benefits Abroad<\/a>: Find out how to claim SSP, ESA, and IIDB overseas of the UK.<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/carers-and-disabled-people\/\">Benefits Abroad for Carers<\/a>: How carers and people with disabilities can get allowances overseas.\n <\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"updated-data\"><strong>Rules for Claiming Bereavement Benefits Outside the United Kingdom<\/strong><br \/>\n  <time datetime=\"2018-01-01\">Last Updated 2022<\/time>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK BEREAVEMENT BENEFITS ABROAD: You can also make a new claim in certain countries overseas of the United Kingdom. European Economic Area (EEA) Countries Living in an EEA country, Gibraltar, or Switzerland may qualify you for: Bereavement Allowance Bereavement Payment Bereavement Support Payment Widowed Parent&#8217;s Allowance Countries Outside of the EEA People who qualify can&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/bereavement-benefits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Claiming Bereavement Benefits and Allowance Abroad of UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3731,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Claiming Bereavement Benefits and Allowance Abroad of UK - UK Rules<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theukrules.co.uk\/rules\/employment\/benefits\/entitlement\/abroad\/bereavement-benefits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Claiming Bereavement Benefits and Allowance Abroad of UK - UK Rules\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UK BEREAVEMENT BENEFITS ABROAD: You can also make a new claim in certain countries overseas of the United Kingdom. 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