{"id":58758,"date":"2015-07-03T13:24:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4b997ec1471e7e6f4e06ba310d9069ae"},"modified":"2015-07-03T13:24:55","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:24:55","slug":"news-story-civil-news-introduction-of-electronic-cw3-application-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=58758","title":{"rendered":"News story: Civil news: introduction of electronic CW3 application forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Providers can now download electronic CW3 forms which speed up and simplify the submission process \u2013 making it less likely the form will be rejected.<\/p>\n<p>The online versions of CW3 controlled work forms additionally provide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>top tips for submission and completion<\/li>\n<li>validation of calculations<\/li>\n<li>clear opportunities to provide essential information \u2013 including where a breakdown is required<\/li>\n<li>links to relevant guidance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new forms have been released following a successful pilot and feedback from pilot firms and provider representative bodies.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"what-are-the-changes\">What are the changes?<\/h3>\n<p>The main change is that providers will no longer need to scan the CW3 form when using the electronic version. There is also a different email address to use when sending an application on the new-style form:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cw3online@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">cw3online@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"help-completing-the-form\">Help completing the form<\/h3>\n<p>Assistance is available if you need help completing the form. Just email the CW3 online team and someone will be in touch as soon as possible. There is a separate address for general enquiries about CW3 applications \u2013 see below.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"cw3-guidance\">CW3 guidance<\/h3>\n<p>We have recently revised the guidance in the escape cases electronic handbook for CW3 applications.<\/p>\n<p>Further details are available in the change log at the front of the document.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/cw3-extension-of-upper-cost-limit-in-controlled-work-cases\">CW3 forms<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/immigration-clr-disbursement-limit-extension-review-of-refusal\">CW3C forms \u2013 immigration<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/civil-news-immigration-guidance-on-prior-authorities-and-disbursements\">Escape cases handbook update<\/a> \u2013 news story<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/submit-an-escape-fee-case-claim\">Escape cases handbook<\/a> \u2013 to download handbook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:cw3online@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">cw3online@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> \u2013 for submitting the new electronic CW3 form and also to ask for help completing the form<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:mhuec@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk\">mhuec@legalaid.gsi.gov.uk<\/a> \u2013 for general enquiries about CW3 applications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic versions of CW3 forms for extension requests on hourly rates cases.<\/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\/58758"}],"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=58758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}