I’m currently married and plan on joining the guard. I know in Boot Camp and AIT. I will receive BAH.
During this time, I’m going to send my wife to live with some of her family because she has no one where we currently are.
If I get bah for the ZIP Code I currently live in. It won’t even cover my mortgage. But if I’m able to get it where my wife will be staying with her parents, it would be double my mortgage.
I’m wondering if we will have to get a change of address and new license, and her parents to make a lease for us to claim BAH at that ZIP Code? Or since I’ve read, it’s based off of your dependent location do I just simply have to give an address where she’s staying and that’s it?
Question about BAH during initial training
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You will get it for your home at the time you start orders. Claiming anything else than what is actually your home is BAH fraud.
You will get paid BAH for where your lease is. The lease must cover the entire training period. BAH is only intended to cover 95% of housing costs.