Newly self employed letter but no phone call

MrsForgotaboutme

Hello I'm new to this site and was hoping somebody could help so me worrying.  I've received a letter from the government saying I might qualify as I've filled my tax return and paid.  The letter states that I will get a call from am unknown number in 10 working days but have not yet had the call.  I wondered if anyone else was in the same position please?
Thank you

2021BJ

Has 10 working days elapsed yet?

Jeremy535897

From LITRG:

"HMRC are contacting some people who started trading in 2019/20 to perform pre-validation checks before the claim process for the fourth grant opens. The purpose of these checks is to confirm your identity and that you have genuinely been trading in the 2019/20 tax year. These letters are being sent until mid-April and explain that HMRC will contact you within 10 working days using the phone number you provided on your 2019/20 Self Assessment tax return. Unfortunately, the calls from HMRC will be from an ‘unknown number’ and HMRC will only try to contact you three times. There is information contained in the letter about what you should do if you have changed phone number or did not provide one on your 2019/20 tax return.

The letter from HMRC explains that during the phone call you will be asked to provide certain documents to prove your identity and bank statements showing you were trading during 2019/20 (if you do not have relevant bank statements then HMRC will ask you to provide other proof that you were trading). You will be expected to provide these documents using Dropbox (a secure online sharing service) within 2 days after receiving the Dropbox link. If you are going to struggle to provide these documents using an online service within this tight deadline or you do not have an email address then you then you should explain this to HMRC when they call.

If you miss HMRC's calls then they will write to you once more. If you have changed address since you submitted your 2019/20 tax return and have not notified HMRC then you should contact them as soon as possible. You can use your Personal Tax Account to inform HMRC of a change of address.

It can be difficult to know if letters like this are genuine. This one is included on the GOV.UK webpage: Check a list of genuine HMRC contacts . It is important that you do not ignore this letter as you will be blocked from claiming the fourth grant if you do not provide the evidence HMRC has requested. If you are concerned about whether the contact is genuine, then you may wish contact HMRC yourself and check with them before providing any personal information online.

Please note that not all newly self-employed people will be contacted for these checks, so if you are not contacted you can still make a claim for the fourth grant provided you are eligible."

The text of the letter should be like this:

https://www.icaew.com/-/media/corporate/files/insights/tax-news/seiss4-pre-claim-verification-letter.ashx?la=en

MrsForgotaboutme

Thank you very much for your response,  I was beginning to think they had found yet another way to forget about me! I will wait and apply all the same. 
I applied for universal credit,  was only eligible for one small payment as it was joint application with my husband,  this means I have a government account set up which had to go through the identity checks,  I'm wondering if the grant system is part of the same thing perhaps?

Jeremy535897

The extra checks are for the newly self employed. It won't relate to the universal credit application.