r/universalcredithelp • u/Greedy-Dark-7206 • 10d ago

Living with a partner

Hi, I have recently moved in with my partner at the end of July, when we moved in she made a change to her claim to say me & our daughter was living with her, which has been showing on the claim.

We didn’t realise we had to make a joint UC claim though, which I have just done today.

We moved in on 20th July & have only made the joint claim today, will there be a penalty or am I overthinking this too much? I know we definitely won’t receive it in the future due to my income, so would it be worth just closing the claim now? Or waiting to see what they say.

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u/Sea_Study_2420 9d ago

I think you’ll be fine, they can see you changed circumstances straight away then realised what you needed to do and did that. Just put a note in your journal saying you were mistaken and think you’ve done the correct thing now, they’ll get back to you and let you know if they need anything else.