Submit proof for your benefit or support claim

1Using the form

2About your claim

3Declaration

4About you

5Out of the area

6Proof and other information

Please only complete this form if you live in the Thanet District and receive or have applied for Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support from Thanet District Council.

Use this form to send us proof for:

Housing Benefit
Council Tax Support
Housing Payments
Council Tax Support Exceptional Hardship Scheme

Types of documents you need to provide as proof to support your claim

Please note: that if you have been asked to provide proof of your identity, we can't accept this electronically and you will need to bring original proof such as a passport or driving licence to one of our council offices for us to check. Photocopies are not acceptable.

This form will ask you to provide

Your details including National Insurance number
The type of proof you are uploading
Documents to support your application.

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To provide this service Thanet District Council will collect and process personal information. We may check some of the information with other sources (e.g. government departments and other councils) to verify your identity and ensure that the information you have provided is accurate.

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About your benefit claim

What benefits are you giving proof for?(Required)

Council Tax Support

Council Tax Support Exceptional Hardship Scheme

Housing Payments

Housing Benefit

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What benefits are you giving proof for? replaced by radio(Required)

Select all that apply

Council Tax Support

Council Tax Support Exceptional Hardship Scheme

Housing Payments

Housing Benefit

Housing Benefit or Council Tax Support reference number (if known)

Are you filling in this form for yourself or on behalf of someone else?(Required)

I am filling in this form for myself

I am filling in this form on behalf of someone else

Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to the following statements before completing this form:

I confirm the details I will give are correct and that the documents I will upload as proof are original copies and have not been edited in any way.
I confirm that I will notify you of any relevant changes straight away.
I understand that if I give information that is false this could lead to a penalty or legal proceedings being taken against me.
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law.

Declaration(Required)

I understand and accept the above declaration

Declaration

Please check the box below to confirm that you have read, understand and agree to the following statements before completing this form:

As far as possible, I will confirm with the person claiming that the answers I will give on this form are correct and that the documents I will upload as proof are original copies and have not been edited in any way.
I understand that if I give information that is false this could lead to a penalty or legal proceedings being taken against me.
I understand my data may be shared with other departments as permitted by law.

Declaration(Required)

I understand and accept the above declaration

I am filling in this form on behalf of(Required)

As they cannot fill in the form because(Required)

Full name of the person completing this form(Required)

Relationship to the person claiming(Required)

Contact email address or phone number(Required)

If we need to check any of the details given, we may need to contact you

About you

Title (for example Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss)(Required)

First name(Required)

Last name(Required)

Contact phone number

We ask for your phone number so we can call you or send you important text messages (if we need to) about your claim

Email address(Required)

We will use your email address to send the receipt of your form, including the form reference number. This may include personal data. We will also use your email address to contact you about your Council Tax account.

Enter Email Confirm Email

Would you like to receive your Council Tax bills by email?(Required)

You can receive your Council Tax bills by email rather than post. We will send all future Council Tax bills to the email address you have given above. This service is only available to people who are named on the bill. If you change your email address you must let us know straight away. You can opt out of this at any time at thanet.gov.uk/paperless

Yes

National Insurance number(Required)

Do you live in the Thanet District and receive Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support from Thanet District Council?(Required)

Yes

About your address

Postcode(Required)

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Address

Select the address from the list or manually enter the address.

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address(Required)

Address(Required)

House name or number Address line 1 Address line 2 Town or city Postcode

Out of the Thanet District Council area

You need to contact your local council who pays your Housing Benefit and/or Council Tax Support. You can find contact information for your local council on the Gov.uk website.

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Proof documents and other information

Type(s) of proof(Required)

Select all that apply

Income

Rent

Savings and investments

Other

Please tell us what other type of proof you are uploading(Required)

Upload your documents(Required)

Please do not send photos of your bank cards; we can't use these as proof of your bank accounts. You should not send photos of your bank cards to anyone.

If you are uploading photographs of documents, please make sure you take a photo of every relevant page, that they are clear and that any words or figures can be easily read.

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Accepted file types: txt, pdf, doc, docx, rtf, jpg, jpeg, tif, tiff, bmp, png, xls, xlsx, Max. file size: 20 MB, Max. files: 10.

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