UC MIGRATION NOTIICE

gina399872
gina399872 Online Community Member Posts: 3 Listener
edited April 25 in Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)

I Wonder if someone could help me with this as its very worrying at present, I am on ESA and in the support group, I am also on Adult Disability Benefit enhanced care and lower mobility, I have received a Universal Credit migration letter and only have I month before my deadline expires, the questions I would like to ask and seriously need help with are when I transition to universal credit will I have to pay 2 weeks rent in advance before my first payment of universal credit ? I do get 4 weeks free rent per year as I am in local authourity housing the next thing I would like to ask will I need to get a fit sick note from my GP when I transition apply for UC ? as I am in the support group of ESA ? at present , I am over 60 years old and have disabilities what happens if I cant attend the job centre as I have mobility issues and bowel issues ? will they telephone me as I cant go out because of my bowel and mobility I am thinking of applying online for universal credit migration is that the best way ? Because of my disabilities your help would be greatly appreciated and my anxiety is going through the roof with this its very worrying? PLEASE HELP !

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  • Holly_Scope
    Holly_Scope Posts: 2,653 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    Hi @gina399872 and welcome to the community. Bless you, it's completely understandable you're feeling anxious. I've added a few tags to your post which will hopefully help members of the community who have been through this transition to see it and add their advice.

    It might also be worth contacting your local Contact us - Citizens Advice who can offer you some advice and support with the transition.

    Best wishes,

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 4,612 Championing
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/133222/uc-migration-notiice

    Hi,

    Your Housing Authority will have had many other claimants going through the Managed Migration. Most of them accept the small delay and don't expect tenants to pay any extra rent in the meantime, but it would be best if you could call yours and double check with them specifically.

    You do not need a fit note because you were in the Support Group of ESA. This means you are automatically entitled to LCWRA from the start of the claim.

    Applying for UC online is easiest for most of us, and gives you access to the online journal which makes it easier to manage in future as well. Some people prefer to do a telephone-only claim though, that is personal preference.

    If you have a Driving Licence and a valid Passport then you can easily confirm your ID online using those. If you don't have both of those then you will need to provide ID another way. This is usually done with a Job Centre visit, but as that is not possible for you then you can ask for a home visit, or a biographical appointment to be done over the telephone.

    Hope that helps. If there's anything else we can help with, please do ask.

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