{"id":47958,"date":"2014-09-25T10:11:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T10:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=db06e6b61c3c2515ea5db66e1bd9df6f"},"modified":"2014-09-25T10:11:58","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T10:11:58","slug":"news-story-civil-news-reminder-to-use-correct-immigration-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=47958","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: reminder to use correct immigration form"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The updated \u2018EC Claim 1 \u2013 IMM\u2019 is one of a number of civil application and claim forms which are now mandatory to use.<\/p>\n<p>The new form is version 8 and was introduced on 4 August 2014. It became mandatory for claims submitted early in September 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Revisions to the application and claims forms reflect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>changes made as part of the Legal Aid Transformation (LAT) project<\/li>\n<li>recent contract changes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the case of the new \u2018EC Claim 1 \u2013 IMM\u2019 form, the redesign should help ensure the required information is requested at the point of submission.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to avoid unnecesary rejection of your claim.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"benefits-of-version-8-forms\">Benefits of version 8 forms<\/h3>\n<p>The new form is longer but far more user-friendly.  It allows you to provide the necessary information in a clearer and simpler manner than previous versions.<\/p>\n<p>Using the revised form and accompanying checklist should improve the acceptance rates of your claims and avoid additional requests for information.<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"what-happens-if-you-submit-an-old-form\">What happens if you submit an old form?<\/h4>\n<p>The new forms were introduced on 4 August 2014 and the transition period which we allowed is now over. <\/p>\n<p>This means that if any old forms are submitted they will need to be returned to you. We will ask you to resubmit the claim using a version 8 form.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/escape-fee-case-claim-forms\">EC-CLAIM 1: escape fee case claim form<\/a> \u2013 to download form and checklist<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/civil-news-updated-forms-must-be-used-from-1-september-2014\">Updated forms must be used<\/a> \u2013 news story<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/civil-news-civil-legal-aid-forms-updated\">Civil legal aid forms updated<\/a> \u2013 news story<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"mental-health-and-escape-cases-team\">Mental Health and Escape Cases Team:<\/h4>\n<p>Telephone :0151 235 6750<\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:MHU-EC@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">MHU-EC@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Important to send us the updated escape fee case claim form \u2013 immigration (EC Claim 1 \u2013 IMM).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}