How long to wait between sending esa50 back and being summoned for f2f pls?

[panpete]

Hi

Hoping some ESA claimants who have recently been assessed by Maximus, or the Cheddar Centre can help me, I call them cheddar centre cos they call themselves CHDA

On Tuesday night, I was really appreciating my good luck with regards to ESA reassessments, because I'd been placed in support group in dec 13 until June 15 and got deferred 2 years.

Then on the benefitsandwork forum a few weeks ago, I heard further deferrals were taking place, and as I'd heard nothing, and July had gone by, I assumed that I had been deferred another 2 years, so my feelings of gratitude were pretty nice.

The next morning however, I got the ESA50 through the post, and it has to be in by 1st September. I am hoping to wait months before I get summoned by I have no clue how long it takes to be sent for once you send your form back.
Could I be unlucky enough to be sent for in September? or am I likely to be made to wait months to be 'sent for' a f2f?
The longer I am made to wait, the better, because it means I can continue to receive support group payments, but now that I have got the ESA50 physically here, it feels like some kind of clock is ticking. Assuming I had been deferred till 2019, and then getting the ESA50 in 2017 is like some kind of reverse paranoia.

 

[geminisnake]

I got my form last December, just before xmas, it had to be back by the 13/14th Jan(bastids) Me and the lady from the Welfare Rights team filled it in, she sent it recorded so it got there for that date and I have heard SFA since. I'm going with the flow atm tbh. Money keeps going into my account so I'm leaving that boat well alone.

 

[panpete]

I got my form last December, just before xmas, it had to be back by the 13/14th Jan(bastids) Me and the lady from the Welfare Rights team filled it in, she sent it recorded so it got there for that date and I have heard SFA since. I'm going with the flow atm tbh. Money keeps going into my account so I'm leaving that boat well alone.

Aww sorry you got it over Christmas, but, its a good thing that you have waited a long time in the sense that money is still going into your account.
People on benefits and work have waited months also for an assessment interview, but a lady here told me she only waited a couple of weeks from sending form back to having interview, and someone on some disability forum (I forget which, unfortunately, had her assessment interview brought forward)
The wait is stressful, but the flip side is, the longer the wait, the more money you get.

 

[equationgirl]

Aww sorry you got it over Christmas, but, its a good thing that you have waited a long time in the sense that money is still going into your account.
People on benefits and work have waited months also for an assessment interview, but a lady here told me she only waited a couple of weeks from sending form back to having interview, and someone on some disability forum (I forget which, unfortunately, had her assessment interview brought forward)
The wait is stressful, but the flip side is, the longer the wait, the more money you get.

panpete you know there's the main Atos support thread (which covers maximus etc)? It's variable, no-one will be able to tell you when it will happen, only that it can be weeks/months.

Please try not to worry x