right filling the form out first of all your going to need a black pen blue pens are useless and it does ask for a black ink pen your also going to have to be organised here or its going to take forever to fill out.
find your national insurance number you will most likely have a card some where if you have lost it go to your local job centre im sure they will be able to find it for you.
if you have any letter’s that will support your claim it would be really useful to find them as well maybe take a photo copy you could also goto your doctor he has most of your records.
1 surname of family name this is quite simple whats your second name like me im Kevin john blumer so my family name is Blumer if it was say my borther Joe Mark Blumer for example then again the surname is Blumer
2 all other names in full ok again we would just be putting Kevin john here simple
3 title well this is quite easy to if you are over 16 your mr or miss if your married its mrs for a woman
4 your national insurance number remember me saying you would need it this is it
5 date of birth if you don’t know this and some people don’t ask your mom or dad or find your birth certificate another way of putting it is when where you born
6 sex easy enuff are you a male in case m or female f
7 the place you live your address have a look for a bank statement it will have your postcode on as well i can never remember my address and postcode i’m useless at it.
8 daytime phone number if you don’t have a phone use your mobile number it’s very useful for them to have your phone number to contact you if something is wrong or they need to make sure something is right if you don’t have a mobile use a friend you trust maybe your parents even if you fail to put a number down and something is wrong it’s going to slow your application down loads
9 whats your nationality from the readers on this site i will take it you are british or from the uk if you are not i cant help you no further because it gets quite complicated.
10 next the question asks if you usually live in the uk again i cant help you if you don’t but if you do live in great Britton anser yes
have you been out the uk for more than 13 weeks most likely not the rules change if you have there just trying to make sure that you live in the uk so long as you havent been out for more than 14 weeks you can anser no if you anser yes you will have to explain why maybe you were on an extended holiday break
10 your accommodation well this is quite simple but could be complicated you might live with your parents or you could live in supported accommodation all these things they need to know and will help you or you could be living in university accommodation or by yourself.
right they are the basics and probably the easy part of the form but we do move on to questions that can be quite personal next.
where is there a toilet in your home upstairs or downstairs or it could be shared and along the corridor and up the stairs just put it as it is.
where do you sleep in your home upstairs downstairs i would imagine these questions are for part of the mobility component if you sleep on the setee in the living room say so never lie to make your form look better. i spent a year living in a chair and no bed so i would have had to put that.
if you have someone else filling out your form make sure they tick the right boxes there are quite a few questions just get the person to tick the one that applies to you if someone else is filling out the form they have to give their details as well so be prepared once you start filling this form out it may well be worth reading this post before starting.
about your illnesses section
right for this part this is where your doctors notes and letters come in very handy you have to be very exact to what you put here you can not just self diagnose because you will be unable to back it up it has to be certified doctor or medical health professional or any other body that can explain you condition or illness for learning disability for example you have social workers and psychologists if you have a bad heart you are going to have letters off cardiology these are really going to help with out these your going to have no way to back yourself up there for its here say.
if you take tablets get your doctor to print out what you take and how often you can include what the side affects are for treatments you might have DBT if you are a person that can’t cope with the world ill do you a little example
name of illness
Alcoholism
how long have you had this illness or disability
in other words when were you diagnosed as been an alcoholic we will say 9 years
what medicines or treatments do you receive
Diazepam 45 mg daily and counselling 2 per week
your own circumstances are going to be different but i think it helps people to see different examples gives a much better idea of what to put.
this is part of the form i will do the next part realy soon
