My cousin is disabled and had the letter saying she had to migrate over to UC. She's not brilliant at processing information so I said I would help her with it all.
She just had the appointment to confirm her identity at the job centre and she was asked if she would need an advance payment to keep her going until her first payment and straight away she said no.
A few days later she has realised she won't have enough money to last the next month so would like an advance payment after all so I have just been on her account with her and we are both a bit confused with one thing..
I'm going to make the number up but say it says the maximum amount she can get for an advance payment is £565.92 does this mean this is the amount of UC she is likely to get paid each month? As in is the maximum advance amount the same as what they will pay you? So she will likely be paid £565.92 per month or does the advance amount have nothing to do with what she will end up getting paid?
I hope this makes sense, I have never claimed anything before so a bit lost