Website of the UK government

How to use this service

When you use the service it may be useful to have ready your national insurance number, the child's birth certificate, and your bank or building society account details.

You cannot use this form if you live outside the United Kingdom, unless you are a Crown Servant working abroad.

You do not have to complete the claim form in one go - you can go back to a form that you had started previously.

To access the form you will need a copy of Adobe Reader. Information on how to download this for free is available on the right panel of this page.

• Claim Child Benefit online or report a change in your circumstances (opens new window)
• Information on eligibility for Child Benefit (opens new window)
• Get a PDF version of Child Benefit claim form CH2 (opens new window)

More useful links

• Calculate child maintenance
• Inland Revenue (opens new window)