SFA Entitlement Help

[Leapoffaith]

Your thoughts on this one. Details kept vague.

A married couple( male female) with one child currently living in SFA they are both in the mob one army one RAF.

Army post individual overseas (did not ask for overseas), RAF cannot colocate due trade manning etc.

They have been told that they must vacate FMQ as not entitled. The child is to stay with UK based RAF partner for school/welfare/family for chilcare issues.

So overseas partner is now invol sep married unaccompanied.

They have been told that they can apply for surplus at other unit but have to risk all that goes with it.

My questions to you

1. Are they entitled to a FMQ and can they chose the location ie either UK or overseas?

2. If so how do they go about it?

3. Should the UK partners admin be sacked as their advice to him was a career break or move into block and send child away?

4. Can they just change the name on the licence of their current FMQ?

 

[Climebear]

Your thoughts on this one. Details kept vague.

A married couple( male female) with one child currently living in SFA they are both in the mob one army one RAF.

Army post individual overseas (did not ask for overseas), RAF cannot colocate due trade manning etc.

They have been told that they must vacate FMQ as not entitled. The child is to stay with UK based RAF partner for school/welfare/family for chilcare issues.

So overseas partner is now invol sep married unaccompanied.

They have been told that they can apply for surplus at other unit but have to risk all that goes with it.

My questions to you

1. Are they entitled to a FMQ and can they chose the location ie either UK or overseas?

2. If so how do they go about it?

3. Should the UK partners admin be sacked as their advice to him was a career break or move into block and send child away?

4. Can they just change the name on the licence of their current FMQ?

Quite a few variables here but i'll give it a shot.

It would appear that wife is Army and posted overseas, husband is RAF. It would also appear that the wife is Pers Cat 1s (holds the entitlement to the FQ) and the husband is, therefore, Pers Cat 5s.

There would be an entitlement to an FQ in the UK if the husband were to become 1s and the wife 5s. JSP752 Chapter 1 Section 4 states that married service personnel can change their Pers Cats on posting/assignement in the UK. Whereas that would not apply in this case, the JSP also allows for cases in other circumstances to be submitted to SPVA PACCC through the chain of command (options must be exericsed within 6 months of the posting).

If succesful then the husband would then be entitled to an FQ at his unit. It is not clear if this is where their current FQ is located, if it is not, then, there is no 'entltement' to retain the current FQ and would have to apply for a surplus.

Hope this helps.