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Being moved to UC

TheCatWoman

I had a letter yesterday saying I have to make a new claim for universal credit, because they're stopping ESA which I've been on for ages and that I have to claim by october and that my claim for ESA will stop within two weeks of them recieving my UC claim.

Quite frankly I terrified, I go to pieces at the thought of filling in a form at the best of times, this one is sitting on my desk like a paper spider that I dare not poke in case it does something horrid. Are there any major pitfalls I should be aware of when dealing with this form, they've not sent me one so I guess I'm going to have to do it online, which I'm not that happy about and the thought of having to attempt to speak to them on some kind of app is enough to send me into a melt down. I've not got the tech to do app stuff and it all scares me. WIll I lose money from this transfer? I hate dealing with these people, the whole system seems designed to trip you up. I don't want to go to CAB as last time I asked them for help they wrote out a load of stuff for me to send, and I didn't recognise myself from what the chap had written, he made me sound like I was one step away from Broadmoor.

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  • I went through the process early this year and it can be daunting. I completed the form over a few days. I read up and took advice from disability groups such as DPAC. I agree with you, the DWP are not easy to deal with but this is the system we have to use. I too asked for help from the CAB but found it hard to get any help hence doing my own research.  

  • in reply to LucyLandRover

    I will try and get as much help as I can, but I think it will take a lot of antianxiety meds for me to do it.

    How nice to be told that its so easy. How nice to have a discussion of psychopathy on a thread about claiming benefits...not!

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    But I never wrote it is easy? It took me a few days to complete the forms and I was a nervous wreck for days after. Having to visit the job center in person was an ordeal, I had to go in order to prove my identity. 

    I do hope you manage to complete the forms and move on to UC. I did ask for fortnightly payments, you do not have to accept monthly . 

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  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    But I never wrote it is easy? It took me a few days to complete the forms and I was a nervous wreck for days after. Having to visit the job center in person was an ordeal, I had to go in order to prove my identity. 

    I do hope you manage to complete the forms and move on to UC. I did ask for fortnightly payments, you do not have to accept monthly . 

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