Filling in ESA form online

dazza-mac

Hi,
I'm trying to fill in the ESA form online and I'm worried about the spaces provided.

If I type in a box and I still have more to put in despite the box being filled what happens? Will the form when printed be longer, or will the typing be made smaller in order for all of it to fit in the box.

I only have a short time for fill it in now and I'm really worried. I'm thinking maybe I should just fill in the form sent to me instead..

saving_pennies

When I wrote in the boxes the text got smaller and then printed smaller. What I did in the end was direct reader to additional information that I put in separate word document.

Hope this helps.

Parva

I filled it in 'online' (not strictly true as you download the pdf and fill that in and save as you go along) and never came across this problem despite some extensive comments added to the notes. That said, I would go with adding them separately as suggested above if you do find a limit. Fill it in, print it out and send it. The beauty of this of course is that you can refer back to what you actually wrote.

Owain_Moneysaver

... and the next time you have to do one you can just reuse the same form, or copy-and-paste the stuff instead of starting from scratch.

Lady_K

Dont forget to put at the top of every separate sheet you send with the form

national insurance number
full name
type of benefit form its for, in your case esa50

I would also staple the extra sheets to the form too

dont forget to save a copy of form plus save copies of every separate sheet you send too and send by special delivery post preferably or at least sign for delivery

dazza-mac

Thanks for the replies, especially informing me to put national insurance number on each form etc.

because I'm not good with computers I was scared to fill it in online in case I somehow deleted, or messed it up, so decided to fill in the form that I have at home. The problem is that I'm using an old portable typewriter (with carbon ribbon - loads of mistakes!) but the ribbon is nearly finished and I'm concerned about getting a replacement!

Also, my answers are very long winded. It's the stress of loads of things at the minute, I can't think clearly. I've re-read it and I repeat myself several times, even put some answers in that on reflection don't fit with the question asked.

Would I be able to get another copy from the local jobcentre plus?

Each box doesn't seem nearly long enough so at the end I've just typed, "see attached letter" - and then typed on A4 paper each question in order and then will add it to the back of the form. Will it be ok to do it that way as it looks much neater than adding a seperate sheet and putting it in the form where each page is.