uc first payment
hi i have just been migrated to uc from income support by the time my first payment is due it will be five weeks in arears,will my first payment be five weeks money or will i just get paid from then thanks
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Your first payment will be for 1 month. UC is paid 1 month in arrears. Then you receive your payment 6 days after the end of each assessment period.
What date exactly did you submit your claim?
Your Income Support and housing benefit if you were claiming that should have continued for 2 weeks after you claimed UC.
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8th august first payment 14th sept i did get extra 2 weeks income support ,i am going to get paid fortnightly so will first payment be a fonights or what they owe from the 8th august thanks
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Did you request an Alternative Payment Arrangement? (APA) For this you will receive the first half of your payment on 14th September and the 2nd half about 15 days later.
The only problem with these is that you will have waited 5 weeks for your payment and then you only receive half of it so it can be challenging to manage your money to start with.
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yes i asked for this because we got paid fortnightly before
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i will find out how much on 10th
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so really 7 weeks before i get the money they owe in arears?
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No, not 7 weeks. It's just under 5 weeks for your first payment but because you've asked for fortnightly payments it will be as I advised above. This is how it is when you ask for fortnightly payments. If it was monthly then you would receive the full amount on 14th September.
Going forward after the 14th September you payments will be fortnightly, or there about .
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I am going on to ask for this in my UC claim too @lucylucy when the time comes. LUCKILY I haven’t had the DREADED envelope containing the migration notice yet. They can take as long as possible to get one of those to me, I love my fortnightly frequency too much. 💪💪😘😘😍😍🥰🥰💕💕
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THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY @lucylucy that I am going to accept monthly pay just to please the DWP. I DON’T CARE that the UC was designed to reflect the world 🌍 of work with monthly pay, I will not accept that in my life.
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Fortnightly has always been my preferred payment frequency 💓💞, I’m not good with money handling and fortnightly brings peace of mind to me @lucylucy.
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With fortnight payments @lucylucy, I know that I don’t have to wait as long to give my bank account a boost.
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I don't think it's about "pleasing them" There shouldn't be any issues requesting it and them agreeing to it. UC really isn't as bad as you think it is.
Are you also aware that using capital letters in seen as shouting in text speak.
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If I was on UC right now @lucylucy I’d be entitled to just under £810, made up of the standard allowance for being over 25 and single and the LCWRA element.
Yes, that is more money in comparison to my ESA payments (I’m in the support group), BUT the frequency of payments HAS ALWAYS BEEN JUST AS IMPORTANT to me. I can’t just accept more money but not as frequent payments.
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Eventually you won't but that's not the case when you first claim UC, which I have advised you previously.
Please note that due to the fortnightly payments you will need to wait 5 weeks for your first payment, which will then be for half of your monthly payment. Around 15 days later you will receive the other half. This means that you will be waiting longer for your first full payment. So you need to make sure you budget for that when you claim.
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I know I will never develop the skills to be good with money @lucylucy. I’ve always been weak with money, and there’s no shame in that. The DWP shouldn’t just think they can make as many people as possible accept a monthly frequency, in spite of Alternative Payment Arrangements being in existence.
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should☑️✔️✅👍 get an APA granted when I move to UC @lucylucy because I am an autistic individual and I fall under Tier 1 factors.Claimants that fall under Tier 1 factors, those claimants highly likely need an APA when compared to claimants that fall under Tier 2 factors.
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For anyone reading this, whether you'll be accepted for the Alternative payment Arrangement will depend on your health conditions because not everyone will be able to have one put into place.
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