esa form nightmare

liverpool34

hi i lost my esa form and letter from atos with date it had to be returned by.got new esa form and my partner phoned dwp to check date the esa form had to be back by as we had no letter was told had two weeks to return.we searched everywhere and managed to find letter from atos with date on.my partner phoned back and was told to stick to date on atos letter as that gives me longer and that was the date originally given.if dwp do stick to the two weeks and stop my IB would my letter from atos with date on saying when the form has to be back by mean they would have to reinstate my ib and give me until the date on letter.or what if dwp confirm in writing the new 2 weeks deadline
thanks

robpw2

what ... lol .. i think your saying you got sent the new esa form but couldnt work out when to send it back and the dwp told you to get it in by x date
and the letter says another date ?

healy

liverpool34 wrote: »

hi i lost my esa form and letter from atos with date it had to be returned by.got new esa form and my partner phoned dwp to check date the esa form had to be back by as we had no letter was told had two weeks to return.we searched everywhere and managed to find letter from atos with date on.my partner phoned back and was told to stick to date on atos letter as that gives me longer and that was the date originally given.if dwp do stick to the two weeks and stop my IB would my letter from atos with date on saying when the form has to be back by mean they would have to reinstate my ib and give me until the date on letter.or what if dwp confirm in writing the new 2 weeks deadline
thanks

You have a total of 6 weeks from the date on the letter to return the form so you should have plenty of time.

liverpool34

no they given me two weeks to complete

healy

liverpool34 wrote: »

no they given me two weeks to complete

No that is not correct - you have a total of 6 weeks to return the form.

Muttleythefrog

liverpool34 wrote: »

no they given me two weeks to complete

I understand you should have been given 4 weeks and that they will typically send a reminder giving you 2 weeks. Thus giving 6 weeks to return it completed.

If you return the form by the date given in the ATOS letter then you'd have a tremendously powerful case if the DWP ever claimed you'd fail to return it in time.