Do I need to have ID? UC Managed Migration

Yes, that exactly what I advised in my previous comment. It does mean you’ll be waiting longer than 1 month for the full amount.

Payments won’t always land in your account exactly 14 days apart - it’ll depend on the configuration of each calendar month. It’ll vary from month to month, you have to factor in weekends and any bank holidays.

Okay it won’t be like the ESA structure, exactly every 14 days, but at the end of the day twice monthly is more frequent. It’ll still meet my requirements. When you can’t budget, smaller gaps between payments just makes life easier. I won’t have to wait a whole month for the next payment to be with me. I don’t want to be wishing my life away, wishing for a certain month to go by speedily just so the next pay day arrives.

The excellent ✔️✅☑️👌 Poppy told me that an APA on UC doesn’t work like ESA payments, landing in your bank account every 14 days exactly. It took me long enough to stop calling more frequent payments on UC “fortnightly”. 😂

I do apologise Poppy 👍, payments every 14-17 days will still be good enough for me. I don’t mind the few extra days. They’re still more frequent than monthly ✅✔️☑️.

3 weeks is still a long time to go without any payment but I absolutely won’t be prepared to see my twice monthly payments be reduced for TWO, WHOLE years while paying back an advance/loan. I will want to see my twice monthly payments being paid to me in full when my migration is fully complete.

Hi Nashota, I had the same problem and after a wait they sent someone out to verify some documents (I'm housebound). What they accepted with me was birth certificate (you can get a copy, that's acceptable), a recent bill (like your water bill, electricity etc), and a bank statement from a bank different to your current account bank (I had a credit card statement).

Here's a list of the main ones you can supply - they gave me this via the journal:

original (or certified copy from the registrar) birth or adoption certificates

Council Tax docs

life assurance or insurance policies

recently paid fuel or telephone bills in the claimant’s name

letter from an employer or a contract of employment

current bank or building society statements (6 months old or less) - if the bank card is used as primary ID, any bank statements must be for a different account

personal cheque book

current debit or switch card (unless used this as primary ID)

correspondence from HMRC

letter from a solicitor containing information which helps to establish identity

NHS medical card

Building society pay book

the claimant provides other strong identity documents - for example, official correspondence, solicitor's letters, utility bills

But when you don’t have that ability, a month can feel like a long time waiting for another payment. It can feel like a near impossible task to stretch their money. To me, the gaps between the pay days are just as important as the amount you’re entitled to.