ESA Review

Hi I was getting incapacity benefit since 1999 and was then transferred to Esa Support group in 2013. At my last renewal in 2016 the assessor stated it was highly unlikely that I would be able to return to any kind of employment.
With DWP not calling some claimants for reviews when due and pushing the reviews on a few years, I had hoped that as I will reach pension age (66 yrs) next March and my ESA will cease then, I wouldn't have to go through another review.
However in Oct 19 I got the forms through. I thought it strange that as never before they were in a white envelope (not the dreaded brown one) from a Leeds address but maybe thats the norm now,, has anyone else received them in white envelopes ??.
We filled them in and returned them with a lot of medical evidence on 25th November by tracked post and they were signed for on 26th November as received. Since then I haven't heard a thing, I have checked with my GP and he hasn't had a request from them for any info.
.Am I just being impatient or is this the normal wait if being called for a Face to Face.. I wouldn't have put myself through all this stress for the sake of a maximum possible 12 month award but I also get DLA, and I knew if I didn't send these forms off it could affect my DLA (which still hasn't been reassessed for PIP)
Do you think I should ring to see what is happening or just let it be and see what happens.. Many Thanks

Hi, can't comment on the colour of envelope I received....it's that long ago.

Anyway, it's now over 13 months since the DEADLINE I had to return my forms...
I've rung twice, against my better judgement, the second time was a most unpleasant/harassed (gentle?) man ...
" You're still getting paid aren't you?"........

That was six months ago, I've given up even thinking about worrying about......

Hi Thank you. I think I will just wait and see what happens then, I guess no news is good news

Joe90, it took them approx 16 months between me sending back my ESA50 forms and getting a letter for a F2F. What often happens is they send a form to your GP and they wait quite a while to hear back, if they don't hear back then you likely get the F2F eventually.

The DWP letters are brown envelope, and the Maximus/ATOS letters are white envelope.

Thank you for your replies. I got the letter today saying they had renewed my claim and Im staying in Support Group. We followed the excellent info given on this site regarding filling in the renewal form and thankfully they renewed my ESA from the medical evidence which we sent with the renewal application, without a face to face. Thank you for your so much B&W for all the information and all the work you all do to help us claimants:)