Getting started in a PIP claim - Identity Check?

I started a PIP claim on 1/9/16, reluctantly it is the first benefit I have ever requested despite having MS for 26 years, but now I really need something to help me. Anyway on chasing up today (19/9) I was informed that they were sending me out something for an identity check. The fact that I have worked and paid taxes for years is not enough it would seem to verify I exist at DWP. After this was sorted, then I would have to wait weeks for the "How your disability affects you form". So it could be 2 months just to get this form. Anyone else had this nonsense too? How did you cope or facilitate this process?

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This is the first time I have heard of this! Perhaps members might be able to speak from experience . . .

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