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You can claim Duty Travel and Day Subsistence.

Meals Out Expenses (MOE) - If you are required to eat regularly at commercial retail outlets because your duties at your permanent assignment station prevent you from eating in a Service messing facility or government subsidised canteen, you may receive MOE.

Passports & Visas - You (and, in some circumstances, your immediate family when they are required to travel overseas (or for Gurkhas, from overseas) for Service reasons) will be provided with passports and visas at public expense. Passport and visa applications are usually submitted via your Unit HR Admin.

Refund of Foreign Currency Exchange Costs - If you need to purchase foreign currency/ traveller’s cheques from a commercial source because Service foreign exchange facilities are not available and you obtain a lower rate of exchange than the General Accounting Rate (GAR), you are eligible for a refund of the difference. You may also be refunded the cost of any commission charge. O

Duty Travel - You may be able to claim duty travel.

You could be eligible for Recruitment and Retention Allowance (London) (RRA(L)) and Reimbursement of Congestion Charges (CC).

The following are available:

  • Northern Ireland Resident’s Supplement (NIRS)
  • Northern Ireland (NI) Journeys
  • Northern Ireland Motor Insurance Refunds (NIMIR)

Respite Journeys (Remote Locations) (RJ (RL)) - RJ (RL) provides assistance towards the costs of journeys made by Service Personnel and accompanying immediate family in order to achieve respite from designated locations that are deemed remote or inhospitable.

The following may apply to you:

  • Unpleasant Work Allowance (UWA)
  • Operational Allowance (OA)

Get You Home (Early Years) (GYH(EY)) - The aim of GYH(EY) is to help you to maintain links with your family and home area in the UK while you adjust to Service life.

Refund of Legal Expenses (New Buyer) is to contribute towards the legal and associated expenses you incur when you purchase a house for the first time which then becomes your RWA at your new duty station.

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