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FutureMrsSS
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So me and my FI live in different states, and after getting married I am moving to where he is. I was just talking to him and he said it takes 2 months to get BAH. Is that true? He said that he can't put in any of the paperwork for it or to get approved to live off base until we have the marriage certificate, and after all the paper work is filled out it takes about two months. What has been other peoples experience with this? I don't want to get married and have another two months not living together.
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[QUOTE]Binx - Ya I don't know why he can't live off base either. I know at the base he was on before he would talk about moving off if I moved down there. I don't know if he really isn't allowed, or if its just not easy and he doesn't wana do all that until I'm there. ggirl - thanks thats good advice about filing the marriage certificate ourselves. I will keep that in mind! kara - I know two months is nothing. I reread that after I posted it and realized it sounded kind of whiny haha, but I know I'm lucky to be able to even live with him! We've been apart for almost a year now, and I had just got done skyping with him and talking about living together. It made me kinda sappy but I'm really not usually that lame! Thanks so much everyone.<strong> I feel like I'm so lost on all the military stuff, and constantly am asking my FI questions. So thank you its nice to have other people who have experienced it already to ask.
</strong>Posted by FutureMrsSS[/QUOTE]
That's part of why we're all here!! <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />
[QUOTE]Your BAH should kick right in once you are in DEERS and he has updated his Page 2 with personnel. Like someone else said, you will be back paid to the day you get married. <strong>There are some cases where it takes a while or there are mistakes with paperwork and whatnot.</strong> IMO, find a place to live even without a BAH since you will be eventually getting it anyway. But also, not living together for 2 months isn't the end of the world. I had to wait half a year since H was stationed in Japan and deployed at the time.
Posted by kara811[/QUOTE]
Like never filing it and then PCSing so when you go back to the office, no one even knows what you're talking about because there's no paperwork in your file and you have to redo it all. But we got backpaid <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" title="Laughing" />
Hello and welcome.
I will add to make sure you look at the statement. H discovered that about four months into this deployment that he was not getting the seperation pay. He was able to contact someone and they did bring him up to date with the payments. (I know you asked about housing but just wanted to make sure you check everything).
H was able to get his BAH adjusted right after we went to the DEERS office. But we did need the marriage license/certificate.
As for the seperation pay that Crown mentioned, the AF only pays it if you are seperated for more than 60 days, so H has to wait until the 60 days are up to apply for it and then he gets it.
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[QUOTE]H was able to get his BAH adjusted right after we went to the DEERS office. But we did need the marriage license/certificate. As for the seperation pay that Crown mentioned, the AF only pays it if you are <strong>seperated for more than 60 days</strong>, so H has to wait until the 60 days are up to apply for it and then he gets it.
Posted by crimewatcher[/QUOTE]
Thanks for adding that. I forgot to put that in.
[QUOTE]H was able to get his BAH adjusted right after we went to the DEERS office. But we did need the marriage license/certificate. As for the seperation pay that Crown mentioned, the AF only pays it if you are <strong>seperated for more than 60 days</strong>, so H has to wait until the 60 days are up to apply for it and then he gets it.
Posted by crimewatcher[/QUOTE]
<div>Isn't it just 30, even for all branches? I even googled it and it said 30. So does it just take a couple of months before the allowance kicks in? Do you guys not get the montly $250 then? </div><div>
</div><div>I find it funny/odd how H would go on workups and they would come back right under the 30 day mark, like right at 28 or 29 this way the Navy won't have to give us the FSA. Smart thinking on their part though! </div>
I know it's 30 for H. That's why this training he was back before the 30th day as well ;
I just looked it up and for us it is 30 days as well. . I just don't know for sure since he is either training for just 2 weeks or deployed for 9+ months. HAAA So OP I would check.
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: BAH : Isn't it just 30, even for all branches? I even googled it and it said 30. So does it just take a couple of months before the allowance kicks in? Do you guys not get the montly $250 then? I find it funny/odd how H would go on workups and they would come back right under the 30 day mark, like right at 28 or 29 this way the Navy won't have to give us the FSA. Smart thinking on their part though!
Posted by kara811[/QUOTE]
hmmm... we do get around $200. I'll have to double check with H.
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