Want to open the post office card account?

See your local Job Centre and ask for a 'Letter of Invitation For A Post Office Card Account'

Take the letter to your local Post Office, hand it over and ask for a form for a Post Office Card Account.

Once The form is filled in, wait two weeks. You will receive two letters. The first is a letter of acceptance. The second letter is a Personal Identification Number (PIN). Take both of these letters back to the post office. You will be issued a card to use with your PIN. Benefit can be paid into a Post Office Card Account (but not all types of benefit, Job Seekers Allowance IS allowed). Best to check if your benefit can be paid at the first step.