Should a change in situation (relocation, separation, unemployment...) be reported when receiving family benefits?
Verified 20 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Depending on your overall diet (Caf: titleContent) or the agricultural scheme (MSA: titleContent).
Caf
If you are receiving family benefits, you must report any changes in your personal, family or work situation. This may involve a move, a cohabitation, the conclusion of a Civil partnerships: titleContent, marriage, separation or divorce. It can also be the arrival or departure of a child or a dependent.
You have to declare quickly your change of situation.
You can do this directly in your online account. You must click Declare a change in the My efforts :
Family Allowances and Benefits - Situation Statement (Cf)
FYI
If you are in a relationship and do not receive family benefits, ask your Caf: titleContent : your new situation may give you rights. For the Caf, it is not not necessary to be married or to have passed away to be considered as living as a couple.
You can report your change of address using the online change of address service:
You can make a new application for housing assistance for your new address as soon as you enter the premises so as not to lose rights.
Even if you already have this benefit, you need to make a new request in the My Account Space, under the heading " Simulate or request a benefit ’:
You must report in particular the following events:
- You found work
- You are unemployed after you have registered for France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)
- You're retired
- Accident at work You are suffering from long-term illness, in
- You work in France for a foreigners employer
- You work abroad.
You have to declare quickly your change of situation.
You can do this directly in your online account. You click Declare a change, in the My efforts :
Family Allowances and Benefits - Situation Statement (Cf)
MSA
If you are receiving family benefits, you must report any changes in your personal, family or work situation. This may include a move, a cohabitation, a Civil partnership, a marriage, a separation or even a divorce. It can also be the arrival or departure of a child or a dependent.
You must quickly declare your change of situation.
The declaration of separation concerns you if you are in a couple whether you are married, past or in a common-law relationship.
You can report the change directly in your online account, section Declare a change of situation :
FYI
If you are in a relationship and do not receive family benefits, ask your MSA: titleContent. Your new situation may give you rights.
You can report your change of address using the online change of address service:
Please note
This information allows the MSA: titleContent readjust your rights. Failure to do so may result in fraud and penalties.
You must report in particular the following events:
- You found a job
- You're a job seeker
- You've retired.
You have to declare quickly your change of situation via the internet.
You can report the change directly in your online account, under the Reporting a change of situation section:
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
If you are dependent on the general diet
Family Allowance Fund (Caf)If you are dependent on the farm plan
Mutual Social Agricultural Organization (MSA)
Online service
Online service
National Fund for Family Allowances (Cnaf)
Ministry of Public Service