I just ordered a will on GOV.UK website and it came through immediately!
It was a fairly recent one, for 2008. I ordered a couple of similar ones a few weeks ago and they arrived promptly but not on the click of the mouse!
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Wills on GOV.UK
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PatsyAlice
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Re: Wills on GOV.UK
I think more recent ones do come straight away. I think they are amazing value - I think they used to be more expensive which is why I haven't got them before. I have recently been sending for all the wills for my family. They don't come straight away but I ordered one this morning and it came this afternoon which is still pretty good.
Re: Wills on GOV.UK
I believe that recent wills have been scanned on receipt and stored digitally for some years, so if you order one of those you will usually receive it very quickly.
Older/historic wills that have never been requested before have to be retrieved from storage and scanned when someone orders a copy, so take longer.
Older/historic wills that have never been requested before have to be retrieved from storage and scanned when someone orders a copy, so take longer.
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Re: Wills on GOV.UK
Thank you. Yes I was impressed at how quickly it arrived. Great service. I wish searching the site for older wills was as impressive!AntonyM wrote: ↑18 Apr 2023, 09:45 I believe that recent wills have been scanned on receipt and stored digitally for some years, so if you order one of those you will usually receive it very quickly.
Older/historic wills that have never been requested before have to be retrieved from storage and scanned when someone orders a copy, so take longer.