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2 years 1 month ago #275704 by Kpow
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I feel quite embarrassed, frustrated and annoyed...with me, with my condition.
Let me start by saying my wife is doing the typing here but we both wanted to say this has been a wonderful learning tool.
However, due to my condition , the PIP application process, getting and putting all medical records in logical order and doing my answers on MS Word has been a slow and hard grind for me both physically and extremely taxing mentally.
It is fair to say the PIP application process has exposed most of my limitations and challenges due to my condition.
As great as this program has been, it has taken me 3 extensions and exactly 8 weeks as of yesterday from when I made the initial tel call to start the PIP application process. I have pushed myself beyond my limits on many occasions in the past 8 weeks but especially in the last 8 to 9 days. I want to point out I did not leave this to the last minute. It has been a genuine struggle.
My deadline expired last night at midnight. I still had 3 answers I could not finish on word. My online form contains only the most basic initial questions with my finished and 3 unfinished answers all on MS Word.
Can any members kindly give me some guidance on what will happen next? I cannot face
Per above, I have already had to extend 3 times and each time my wife was on the phone with me to verify my difficulties and challenges.
However, I am quite sure the fact I did not call again before the deadline passed last night in a blaze of panic means I am in their bad books now. I honestly expected to have it all finally done but failed miserably.
I have been searching online and I see conflicting info on what happens next such as :
..... " they will write to you, close the claim and just reapply by phone again from scratch" to......
........ " They will write and say your claim is denied and you cannot reapply for XXX days or months " to
......... " they make a big deal of it and it takes up to a year to be able to apply again".
I am very confused , very tired ( not slept since Thursday) and extremely frustrated with my condition and the limitations it places on my ability to do stuff like this PIP voyage. I have no gripe whatsoever with DWP and fully accept and understand any large organization like DWP needs deadlines etc as they have a system in place.
I do however need to avoid some long drawn out appeals process with multiple letters and forth to be able apply. If that is what is required next, I don't believe I have it in me.
Am just heartbroken that I have been unable to work quickly enough to their deadline(s) as a direct result of my condition.
Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the most intense activity I have faced in almost 5 years. Cant believe I am writing this but sadly it is true. For context, before I became ill I ran my own company. Was always a doer and achiever. Now struggle with a few questions over 2 months.
IF any members have a clear picture of what happens next and can I apply again , both my wife and I would sincerely appreciate your kind feedback.
Let me start by saying my wife is doing the typing here but we both wanted to say this has been a wonderful learning tool.
However, due to my condition , the PIP application process, getting and putting all medical records in logical order and doing my answers on MS Word has been a slow and hard grind for me both physically and extremely taxing mentally.
It is fair to say the PIP application process has exposed most of my limitations and challenges due to my condition.
As great as this program has been, it has taken me 3 extensions and exactly 8 weeks as of yesterday from when I made the initial tel call to start the PIP application process. I have pushed myself beyond my limits on many occasions in the past 8 weeks but especially in the last 8 to 9 days. I want to point out I did not leave this to the last minute. It has been a genuine struggle.
My deadline expired last night at midnight. I still had 3 answers I could not finish on word. My online form contains only the most basic initial questions with my finished and 3 unfinished answers all on MS Word.
Can any members kindly give me some guidance on what will happen next? I cannot face
Per above, I have already had to extend 3 times and each time my wife was on the phone with me to verify my difficulties and challenges.
However, I am quite sure the fact I did not call again before the deadline passed last night in a blaze of panic means I am in their bad books now. I honestly expected to have it all finally done but failed miserably.
I have been searching online and I see conflicting info on what happens next such as :
..... " they will write to you, close the claim and just reapply by phone again from scratch" to......
........ " They will write and say your claim is denied and you cannot reapply for XXX days or months " to
......... " they make a big deal of it and it takes up to a year to be able to apply again".
I am very confused , very tired ( not slept since Thursday) and extremely frustrated with my condition and the limitations it places on my ability to do stuff like this PIP voyage. I have no gripe whatsoever with DWP and fully accept and understand any large organization like DWP needs deadlines etc as they have a system in place.
I do however need to avoid some long drawn out appeals process with multiple letters and forth to be able apply. If that is what is required next, I don't believe I have it in me.
Am just heartbroken that I have been unable to work quickly enough to their deadline(s) as a direct result of my condition.
Without a shadow of a doubt, this is the most intense activity I have faced in almost 5 years. Cant believe I am writing this but sadly it is true. For context, before I became ill I ran my own company. Was always a doer and achiever. Now struggle with a few questions over 2 months.
IF any members have a clear picture of what happens next and can I apply again , both my wife and I would sincerely appreciate your kind feedback.
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2 years 1 month ago #275717 by BIS
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Hi Kpow
I"m sorry that you find yourself in such a position. I can't tell you exactly what they will do now you have missed the deadline. I know this is stressful, but the best thing you can do is ring and ask. If your claim has been closed, you should be able to start again immediately. But don't leave it, because you may get someone kind enough to give you another extension.
A word of advice for the future. It is better to get something in than nothing. I know people who have had to say that because of their condition, they cannot write more at the current time, and that has been accepted. Everyone wants to do the best job they can - and that's obviously been your approach (and it's the right one) - but you have to balance that against your mental and physical health, and there's no disgrace in admitting that you can't do as much as you hoped. And never leave it until the last minute to ring. Anything can go wrong - even when you think you can make it. You don't have to land up using an extension that is granted.
I hope you manage to sort something out.
BIS
I"m sorry that you find yourself in such a position. I can't tell you exactly what they will do now you have missed the deadline. I know this is stressful, but the best thing you can do is ring and ask. If your claim has been closed, you should be able to start again immediately. But don't leave it, because you may get someone kind enough to give you another extension.
A word of advice for the future. It is better to get something in than nothing. I know people who have had to say that because of their condition, they cannot write more at the current time, and that has been accepted. Everyone wants to do the best job they can - and that's obviously been your approach (and it's the right one) - but you have to balance that against your mental and physical health, and there's no disgrace in admitting that you can't do as much as you hoped. And never leave it until the last minute to ring. Anything can go wrong - even when you think you can make it. You don't have to land up using an extension that is granted.
I hope you manage to sort something out.
BIS
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