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1 day 18 hours ago #299839 by HeatherR
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Hello all, PLEASE HELP! My son has been given a deadline of 14 March to migrate to UC. CA have been very helpful with my questions, and will be helping him with his application, but I am not sure all the advice i have been given today is accurate? I really do not know how to decide the best time for him to apply. He has his esa payment going in on the 4th March, which means his next payment would be 18th March- 4 days after the deadline. i was advised that if he claims on 14th (the latest he can claim), he will still get his payment on the 18th AND another payment 2 weeks after making the UC claim- and his housing benefits covering 2 weeks after the claim date. I was under the impression that his ESA would be paid for one more time (eg, UP to 2 weeks) after claiming. I am very confused. I am trying to make this move as stress-free as possible for him and have everything we need in place before making the application. He is autistic and in the support group. He has full council tax relief and full housing benefit. i've scoured these pages but haven’t found the info I need. Thanks for any advice you can give me

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1 day 17 hours ago #299842 by David
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Hi HeatherR

Did you use the Citizens Advice Help to Claim service? They are not volunteers as our local Citizens Advice agency but are paid under contract with UC to organise Managed Migration for new UC claimants. Have a read of the description our Forum member VIA has given of what happened to her.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/kunena/10-dla-...aged-migration-to-uc
I would not select items of advice myself and other moderators have given other people and assume that the context is the same.
Are you your son's appointee?

Hope this helps.
David

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