Universal credit claim review

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Chloelowe1999

I’m on universal credit and I have had to send 4 months bank statement and photo id, they r now calling me to review my claim, however I am worried as each month I’ve had quite abit of money go into my bank each month, but this is down to my sister sharing my bank account for her universal credit and housing rent to go into, and she also has people transferring her money, and she like to gamble. Would my payments be affected really worried

Jimm_Alumni

Hi @Chloelowe1999, welcome to the community 😊 A lot of people are going through exactly the same thing you are right now. It's a random review of your account. It's normal for there to be a phone interview after the statements have been sent in.

They will likely ask where extra money has come from and what it is being used for. While it may be your sisters money, Universal Credit will likely consider it your money as you are responsible for the account. I would suggest in future not mixing your own and your sisters money as this generally isn't how single current accounts are meant to be used unless it is specifically a joint account.

You can explain to Universal Credit that it isn't your money, if you could show them evidence that it isn't yours but your sisters that may help.