Hi y'all wonder if you can assist me ? I have a friend who applied for pip about 3 and a half weeks ago, they forgot too give them there bank details and they phoned him on Friday too ask for them, when he came off the phone he phone'd and told me they asked for them then told him over the phone that they have made a decision and he doesn't need too attend a face roo face ? Could this be right ? As I'm aware that everyone is supposed too go for one, not unless they hAve enough information from his health professionals? Thanks in advance.
Not everyone goes to a face to face interview I didn't and I got my PIP
Yes indeed not everyone has to attend these assessments. It's rare not to but it does heppen. That was a very quick decision. Seems to me that a decision may have been made in your friends favour with the call asking for bank details. Your friend can ring again tomorrow and ask what the decision was. Other than that wait for the letter, payment often goes into the bank before a letter arrives. Not much to be back dated though with that quick decision.
OK thanks
Thank you, I was just wondering as I had too go for a face roo face, he forgot too write his bank details on the form so he said they phoned and asked him for them but said on the phone that he's been accepted, one off my family members applies over 5 weeks ago and still haven't heard anything from them that's how I was wondering how he could have got a decision so quickly but sometimes he likes too joke about thing like this too me and I was jst curious lol. Thanks for your help xx
Well because you just said "sometimes he likes to joke to you" maybe he is just joking? In all honesty i've never heard of anyone having a decision in less than 4 weeks. It's still possible that a decision has been made. I'm curious though, did he send any evidence to support his claim?
Hi clairebee I got stopped my DLA in September and I went to citizens advice they were really good my tribuneral was on the 17 th July and I got it back it took a while so don't give up it will happen
Yes he jokes all the time, he didn't send
Any information with his form although he does
Have back up verbally through workers etc
It's possible that he has been accepted but I think it's rather quick myself
My mum also applied over 6 weeks ago and still haven't received anything from them
And she sent back up paper work .
Thanks melanie, I'll see what happened when he
Revives his paper work but it's a waiting game.
Ok this does ring alarm bells that he could well be joking with you. The fact that he didn't send in any evidence for a start. Verbal backup would be of no use at all, sorry. I would be very surprised if a decision has gone in his favour this soon.
I noticed on the forms tbat it says you might not need too attend
A face too face I'm positive tbat he didn't send any info along with the form
But it does say on the form they might contact your health professionals for more information so
I just assumed that's what's happens tbh he's an alcoholic and hes got a lot off problems with depression etc
He's been consuming alcohol for a good few years niw and I'm beginning too think tbat he's been accepted from information from his
Case worker etc...I do know that the local cab office helped him full the form out
Though I have my suspicions also with him getting a decision that quick when
Others have waited weeks and weeks x
It's very rare to have a paper based decision. It's also very rare for them to contact any medical proffesional, infact it's so rare they almost never do. Well i guess you'll soon find out either way lol x
Yeah I know it's very out off character for them
Ill soon find out lol well that's if he's tells me by right
He should have got a payment today if tbat was the case I haven't heard ftom him today so he proabably hads lol
I'll keep you informed thanks for your help xx
Hi y'all just an update on my friend he was awarded pip by a telephone decision by reading othres posts and myself this is not very common too recieve a telephone decision but he did and he received a payment this week and has been awarded for three years this is the first time I've heard off anyone received a telephone decision x
HI Claire,
I don't understand what you mean by a telephone decision? I understood you to say he only applied a very short time ago and he didn't have a face 2 face assessment. Do you mean he was awarded it with a paper based decision? Great news on his award though regardless how the decision was made.
Evening denise what a mean is the day pip phoned him too ask for his bank details because he forgot too give them his bank information when he applied he asked them on the phone that day if he's been accepTed and they said yes tgat day they told him he would recieve a payment within 4 too 5 days and he did he got the paper decision today but they told him via telephone he was accepted x
Oh i see. They will always tell you what the decision is on the phone, if you ring and ask (that's if a decision has been made) what he actually got was a paper based decision, this simply means that a decision was made without the need for a face 2 face assessment. xx
Ahh a see well he got a decision very quick he only sent the papers back 2 weeks ago, then they phoned him too ask him for his details then off which I think he's asked If he's been accepTed I've been waiting on a review for weeks now and also I have two family members that have been waiting 7 weeks plus for there's, it's a long process I'll tell you that x
When you're waiting several months or more is when it becomes a long process. Some are waiting 9 month and more. I waited 11 months for my assessment.
So if I'm one off the ones that wait several month for my review will my money continue ?