Can you claim Children's Tax Credit from 2002/3?

I received a cheque today for £67.04 after they told me i wasnt entitled to anything about 3 weeks ago they must have looked at my claim again
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Well after sending the initial form of in December I thought everything was fine with my claim .
After reading on hear that people had started to get there money I started to chase up mine .
I phoned in February to see how things were going to be told its probably still in the pile ring back in a month.
Ive rung back every few weeks to be told the same thing . After reading a few more post on hear about a dead line in April (I think) I decided to chase it up they said they will send me a letter regarding this never recieved it .I requested a copy letter to be sent out which I recieved today.
Guess what it said Sorry we cannot process your claim as we never recieved the original document.
Has anyone got any idea what I can do about this as I know im entitled to this money.

Just to let you all know, i made my claim before the deadline, i waited patiently and eventually received a letter saying that my earnings were too high during the period in question, but as i am a single parent earning approx £13,000 i knew immediately that this was incorrect.

I then phoned the office on the letter and asked how they had concluded that i had earned too much, the guy on the phone was really helpful and he said he could see by my contributions for the year that i couldn't possibly have earned over the threshold. He advised he would pass my claim through again to be re-done.

After waiting another month i rang again and found that they had lost my original application but were going to look at it again if i could provide my basic information again.

Finally 4 months after first applying i received a cheque for £661.00.

So if you believe that you are entitled then don't give up....always follow up letters or phone calls and always obtain the persons name/details etc.

Good luck to anyone who is still chasing, but i am proof that being persistent does work!