This allowance is designed to reduce the amount of time Service personnel are separated from their close family and friends when they’re assigned to a seagoing ship. You can claim it when your ship is docked in a UK port and you go to visit your loved ones.

This allowance can be used to cover the cost of up to ten journeys to visit close family or friends living at a UK address. You can also choose to transfer six of your ten journeys to your immediate family so that they can come and visit you. You can travel by public transport (such as by train or bus), by air or in your own private car or motorbike. Where journeys are undertaken by train or ferry you will be issued with a standard class ticket. Where journeys are undertaken by any other means you will be reimbursed up to the cost of Motor Mileage Allowance for the journey.

To claim this allowance you must be on a permanent assignment in a Seagoing Longer Separation Allowance Qualifying Unit (SLQU) or be serving on a temporary assignment for a period of 36 consecutive days or more in a SLQU.

A retrospective claim should be submitted via JPA iexpenses using the journey number provided during the application process.

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