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2 months 1 week ago #295745 by BarbaraG
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Hello - your guide has given great information but I AM STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT HOW MUCH EVIDENCE TO SUBMIT WITH THE CLAIM FOR MY SON WHO IS AUTISTIC. THE GUIDE SUGGESTS THAT THE CRITERIA FOR ESA WOULD MIGRATE WITH THE APPLICATION SO DO I NEED TO SEND ENDLESS SHEETS OF DIARY AS EVIDENCE? This will run into hundreds of pages.
Thank you for your help this far - regards - Barbara Guiver
Thank you for your help this far - regards - Barbara Guiver
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2 months 1 week ago #295746 by David
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Hi Barbara,
The best thing you can do is phone the Help to Claim number given on your UC Migration letter. You will then speak to expert Citizens Advice advisers who will organise the UC migration. Here are the details--
"Our Help to Claim advisers can help you with the early stages of your Universal Credit claim. You can talk to them on the phone, online over chat or using our British Sign Language (BSL) service.
Our advisers can help you:
work out if you can get Universal Credit
fill in the Universal Credit application
prepare for your first Jobcentre appointment
check your first payment is correct
You can read our online advice on Universal Credit at any time.
Call our national phone line
You can contact an adviser through our free Help to Claim phone service. Advisers are available 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday:
England: 0800 144 8 444
Scotland: 0800 023 2581
Wales: 08000 241 220
Call the Wales number if you’d like to speak to a Welsh language adviser.
Ask for a translator if you need to get advice in a different language.
Relay UK - if you can't hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say:
Relay UK (England): 18001 then 0800 144 8 444
Relay UK (Wales): 18001 then 08000 241 220
You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone. There’s no extra charge to use it. Find out how to use Relay UK on the Relay UK"
David
The best thing you can do is phone the Help to Claim number given on your UC Migration letter. You will then speak to expert Citizens Advice advisers who will organise the UC migration. Here are the details--
"Our Help to Claim advisers can help you with the early stages of your Universal Credit claim. You can talk to them on the phone, online over chat or using our British Sign Language (BSL) service.
Our advisers can help you:
work out if you can get Universal Credit
fill in the Universal Credit application
prepare for your first Jobcentre appointment
check your first payment is correct
You can read our online advice on Universal Credit at any time.
Call our national phone line
You can contact an adviser through our free Help to Claim phone service. Advisers are available 8am to 6pm, Monday to Friday:
England: 0800 144 8 444
Scotland: 0800 023 2581
Wales: 08000 241 220
Call the Wales number if you’d like to speak to a Welsh language adviser.
Ask for a translator if you need to get advice in a different language.
Relay UK - if you can't hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say:
Relay UK (England): 18001 then 0800 144 8 444
Relay UK (Wales): 18001 then 08000 241 220
You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone. There’s no extra charge to use it. Find out how to use Relay UK on the Relay UK"
David
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2 months 1 week ago #295763 by BarbaraG
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Well - I took your advice and phoned the number on the letter - I had great difficulty understanding the person who answered but eventually he explained that all we need to send as evidence is my son's autism diagnosis - do you concur with this?
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2 months 1 week ago #295764 by David
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Replied by David on topic managed migration from irESA to UC
Hi BarbaraG,
Obviously I did not participate in that phone conversation so cannot comment on it. But if that is all the evidence which is required it seems a reasonable request.
David
Obviously I did not participate in that phone conversation so cannot comment on it. But if that is all the evidence which is required it seems a reasonable request.
David
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