UC managed migration guide

thank you . I’m just worried they don’t process my claim properly and I get less money . I have untill 20th November to claim so I will do it around 8th November

I was reading on the government website you can submit your ID and it will be processed by online identity verification, I’m guessing this is just for photo ID . Anyone done this and not had to be called in for ID check ?

I’m the same @Andi66, I was hoping that Labour would intervene and change the timeline back to 2028/29 but obviously it wasn’t to be, the hope amounted to nothing for me and you @Andi66. I’m in absolutely no rush to move to a benefit that’s designed to pay a single monthly payment. The letters/migration notices 😳😳😱😱🤯🤯 are coming to people like me (ESA only claimaints) between now (September 2024) and December 2025. I absolutely pray that I’m one of those that won’t receive one in such a hurry. I love 💓 fortnightly payments on ESA - they’re like a good friend to me.

You wouldn’t believe how much I don’t endorse the single monthly payment structure. Luckily, there’s a thing called an Alternative Payment Arrangement that I can request and I’ll be doing this. I have autism and have absolutely no ability to budget monthly to satisfy the DWP. I would find it way too difficult to live off monthly. I should qualify for fortnightly payments because of the diagnosis of autism that I have. Alternative Payment Arrangements exist, letting me ask for the fortnightly payments to remain in place, but I know that the DWP would rather have as many claimants as possible moving over to settle for monthly payments. It was designed to reflect the world of work, where the majority of workers are paid monthly, and they want to encourage as many claimants as they possibly can to live off a monthly frequency. They won’t make me accept monthly pay. I honestly couldn’t care less @Andi66 that UC was made to reflect how the majority of workers in this country are paid on a monthly frequency. I won’t accept this in my life. Fortnightly is better for me, a payment every 14 or 15 days triumphs every single time over a monthly frequency. I’ve always liked this on ESA and I’ve been on that for 10+ years.

More money will be landing in my bank account on UC @Andi66 but I will categorically not accept a single monthly payment and be expected to learn budgeting skills that I’ve never had.

Me and you are the same @Catherine21, we don’t have the skills to effectively manage money in our lives. It doesn’t matter how much better off I’m going to be on UC, if I don’t have the capability to accept a payment that’ll go into my bank just once per calendar month I just don’t. Frequency of payments are just as important as any amount of money received.

Timeline For Migrations.

Tax credit claimants who also claim any of the other legacy benefits (including ESA) will be selected for the managed migration mainly during 2024. By the end of the 2024/25 tax year, most will have migrated to universal credit.

People claiming other legacy benefits, but not ESA only or ESA plus housing benefit only, will also be selected for the managed migration exercise during 2024. By the end of the 2024/25 tax year, most will have migrated to universal credit.

People claiming ESA only or ESA plus housing benefit (but not tax credits), will be selected for the managed migration exercise slightly later. At one point this was put back to the 2028/29 tax year but DWP have more recently announced they will be start to invite people claiming ESA or ESA plus housing benefit to claim universal credit from September 2024 with the aim of contacting everyone in this group by December 2025.