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Accessing UC accounts from abroad

Dan Manville
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Greater Manchester Law Centre

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Can a person access their UC account from foreign climes?

Va1der
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Welfare Rights Officer with SWAMP Glasgow

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I don’t have a live account anymore, but made it at least as far as the login screen on my VPN set to Brazil.

Tom B (WRAMAS)
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I’ve had a client access their account from South Africa.

CHAC Adviser
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Caseworker - CHAC, Middlesbrough

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Similarly I’ve had a client accessing their account whilst they were in Yemen.

Timothy Seaside
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I accessed an account from France last summer without any problems.