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Universal credit advance payment

I was accepted yesterday for an faster advance payment from universal credit dose anyone know when it will go into my bank account as still not in will I have to wait until Monday for it to be credited

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  • huckster
    huckster Posts: 5,498 Forumite
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    It will go through Monday, as they don't credit payments on Weekend days. This is based on it being a faster payment, as you have stated.
    The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.
  • Thanks really upset with universal credit as they told me it will be in my account by 8pm yesterday they really should of told me money
  • huckster
    huckster Posts: 5,498 Forumite
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    They are working everyday at the moment, with many staff drafted in to help from elsewhere within Civil Service.  So they may have forgotten it was a Saturday when telling you what they did.
    The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.
  • I asked them on the phone will it go straight in with being a weekend wouldn't of minded if they said Monday I am panicking thinking something has gone wrong as when IV been reading universal credit it's says payment still made on a Saturday
  • huckster
    huckster Posts: 5,498 Forumite
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    Their systems don't enable payments to be processed at weekends.
    Payment should be in your account by about 8am on Monday.
    The comments I post are personal opinion. Always refer to official information sources before relying on internet forums. If you have a problem with any organisation, enter into their official complaints process at the earliest opportunity, as sometimes complaints have to be started within a certain time frame.
  • I applied for universal credit and have been awaiting my statement to see how much I was entitled to, I applied for an advance as it said I could and I’ve received that payment. 

    However my statement has now come through and says I’m entitled to £0. How can the give me an advance if I’m not entitled to anything? 

    Any help would be appreciated 
  • calcotti
    calcotti Posts: 15,696 Forumite
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    edited 20 April 2020 at 3:29PM
    Blooby123 said:
    I applied for universal credit and have been awaiting my statement to see how much I was entitled to, I applied for an advance as it said I could and I’ve received that payment. 

    However my statement has now come through and says I’m entitled to £0. How can the give me an advance if I’m not entitled to anything? 

    Any help would be appreciated 
    The advance is calculated on your maximum entitlement. If you have now received some earnings within the assessment period that may have cancelled out your entitlement for this month. Did you receive a payment from your employer after you made the claim? What does your statement show?
    Information I post is for England unless otherwise stated. Some rules may be different in other parts of UK.
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