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Important Notice - Online Forms Service

Thought I would put this up as it is on the website when you log in.

The Online Forms Service (where you fill your bankruptcy papers in online) will be closing down soon permenantly.

The last date to start the process will be 3rd September 2010

People who have already started will have until 26th November 2010 to complete and submit them.

All data will be deleted from the system from 30th November 2010
Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.

Comments

  • skylight
    skylight Posts: 10,716 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    Why??? Online is soooo much easier.
  • Doucam
    Doucam Posts: 1,130 Forumite
    Are they stopping the online service then? as skylight says it was so easy to do it that way.
  • fredfedup
    fredfedup Posts: 328 Forumite
    Well, I can only hope they will be updating the court forms then. They are dreadful, not enough space and badly laid out. The online forms were fantastic in comparison, I was so pleased when I discovered I could do it all online. What a shame. Does anyone know why ?
  • Thats not good. The online forms must make everyones job easyer. Not just pre person going BR but the court and the OR. I am half way through filling mine out now and going to court on 6th. Glad I've got in just before this service comes to an end. Sounds like a nightmare filling in without
  • I didnt have a problem filling out the forms, My legal adviser went through them with me and we filled them out together.
    Why they are stopping online forms seems crazy though
    cl
    :j
  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    Thats not good. The online forms must make everyones job easyer. Not just pre person going BR but the court and the OR. I am half way through filling mine out now and going to court on 6th. Glad I've got in just before this service comes to an end. Sounds like a nightmare filling in without

    Unfortunatly they dont, or at least not enough, They dont interact well with the IS computer systems and the IS doesent get to see it like you do, that is why you still have to print off 3 copies of them and take them with you to the court. So it really doesnt reduce the work for the OR which was what it was intebded for, also the amount of people that use them is quite small (although a big proportion of the people on here use them) so in an age of cost cuts this is something which is absolutly necessary which costs the IS money to maintain so of it goes.

    I have a feeling it will be back one day, probably if the the bankruptcy reform bill gets made into law
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • confused76
    confused76 Posts: 12,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    so is it just paper copies from now on??
  • debtinfo
    debtinfo Posts: 7,012 Forumite
    You can still download the MS Word versions and type them out and take them with you, you just cant submit them to the Insolvency service directly
    Hi, im Debtinfo, i am an ex insolvency examiner and over the years have personally dealt with thousands of bankruptcy cases.
    Please note that any views i put forth are not those of my former employer The Insolvency Service and do not constitute professional advice, you should always seek professional advice before entering insolvency proceedings.
  • confused76
    confused76 Posts: 12,680 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    that's good thanks debtinfo
  • Angiepange
    Angiepange Posts: 3,521 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    debtinfo wrote: »
    Thought I would put this up as it is on the website when you log in.

    The Online Forms Service (where you fill your bankruptcy papers in online) will be closing down soon permenantly.

    The last date to start the process will be 3rd September 2010

    People who have already started will have until 26th November 2010 to complete and submit them.

    All data will be deleted from the system from 30th November 2010

    Thanks debtinfo for putting up this information.

    I must admit when me and my DH went BR we attempted to fill in the online forms, but it kept crashing on us :eek: and we hadnt saved frequently either so gave up in the end!

    We both filled in the forms by hand, any mistakes were just crossed/tippexed out and it was fine this way. We also wrote extra notes explaining info where we needed to, so overall found doing it by hand the best way for us.
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