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All things SUSI / grants (see links in first post)

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  • #62
    MinnieMouse15
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭MinnieMouse15


    what is the final date to fill out the application form?


  • #63
    nickys
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭nickys


    I have heard nothing since I applied is this normal?


  • #64
    blackbird 49
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭blackbird 49


    nickys wrote: »
    I have heard nothing since I applied is this normal?

    If you check your online application it should tell you what happening, when my son sent his in after about a week or two, we check the online application which said they had received it and checking it, On Thursday we checked again and it said. A letter was sent out which I would say we will receive on Monday i n which they are looking for documents ( checklist). They might not of got to your application yet just keep checking online


  • #65
    lulu1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    nickys wrote: »
    I have heard nothing since I applied is this normal?

    Did they send you an email saying they received your application.


  • #66
    nickys
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭nickys


    lulu1 wrote: »
    Did they send you an email saying they received your application.

    Just checked online and says they are checking it thanks


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  • #67
    blackbird 49
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭blackbird 49


    My son got a letter on Monday stating which documents He needs to send back, had to download form for Current Annual Salary for this year which is dad had to bring into work to get signed, No problem with that, but just curious as to why they would not look for the income from the previous year which would be 1st January 2014/ 31st December 2014.


  • #68
    Hollister11
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,482 ✭✭✭Hollister11


    blackbird 49 wrote: »
    My son got a letter on Monday stating which documents He needs to send back, had to download form for Current Annual Salary for this year which is dad had to bring into work to get signed, No problem with that, but just curious as to why they would not look for the income from the previous year which would be 1st January 2014/ 31st December 2014.

    They always require the previous years income because it was the last full year of income.


  • #69
    blackbird 49
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭blackbird 49


    Hollister11 wrote: »
    They always require the previous years income because it was the last full year of income.

    Yea that what I always thought it was based on, When I filled in the application on line in April.i filled in the figures from 2014 P21, as there was a change of circumstances from March 2015 I gave the information for that also, the change in circumstances is that my husband had a part time job and also a main job, the part time job finished in March 2015 which he received his P45, So now he just has his main job for which they are looking for his current annual salary for 2015, the girl in the office at his job filled it out the best she could but there are something's that she cannot give a figure for but this is how she did fill it out
    Overtime = Variable- not guaranteed,
    Shift Allowance= 12.5% when Applicable
    Bonus= Variable - Performance
    I'm just wondering would this be accepted, Has this happened anyone else
    Sorry for the long post , Thanks


  • #70
    KA97
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭KA97


    When's the deadline for applying ? :)


  • #71
    AllyBushell
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭AllyBushell


    I applied for a SUSI grant for 3rd level education. However, now I am fairly certain I will be doing a PLC instead. What will happen to my grant if it is approved?


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  • #72
    dazzadazza
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭dazzadazza


    I heard if SUSI see any gambling or betting record in your bank account they don't gove you a grant. Can anyone confirm this? It seems unlikely as I don't see how they can get access to such information but someone please put my mind at ease.


  • #73
    lulu1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    I dont see how susi will even see what transactions you have made in your account


  • #74
    amerie2010
    Registered Users Posts: 60 ✭✭amerie2010


    Anyone know what the cut off point is with regards to gross income as a single parent applying for my son?


  • #75
    JoseAmnesia
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭JoseAmnesia


    Hi I got a letter from SUSI asking to provide a Final Course Acceptance form (FCA form) since I applied before I was accepted. It says I can submit it online and the SUSI site says to follow the "FCA link" but there is none on the application control panel. This is what it looks like

    http: i.imgur.com/xJObM4P.png

    Any help? Also do I need to provide a physical copy of this form from the college when sending the letter back? Cheers


  • #76
    AllyBushell
    Registered Users Posts: 39 ✭AllyBushell


    I applied for a grant for a course in Galway, however since then I have changed my mind and am doing a PLC in Dublin. What will happen if I don't attend the course on the grant form, or if I don't get into it at all?


  • #77
    pa limerick
    Registered Users Posts: 176 ✭✭pa limerick


    Nothing the grant system does not know what course you have accepted or if you were offered a course until the cao inform them..I could be wrong though


  • #78
    MinnieMouse15
    Registered Users Posts: 270 ✭✭MinnieMouse15


    Hi I have question. The closing date for SUSI is August 1st. Is this for online applications? I am currently on holidays and I'm coming back in mid-august, so if SUSI sends me a letter regarding all the necessary documentation I must provide (they didn't send me anything yet), I won't be able to send these documents until August. Is this ok? Or do I have the send the documents before August 1st?


  • #79
    blackbird 49
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭blackbird 49


    MinnieMouse15 wrote: »
    Hi I have question. The closing date for SUSI is August 1st. Is this for online applications? I am currently on holidays and I'm coming back in mid-august, so if SUSI sends me a letter regarding all the necessary documentation I must provide (they didn't send me anything yet), I won't be able to send these documents until August. Is this ok? Or do I have the send the documents before August 1st?

    I have just read the susi document section, it more or less says that when they send you a letter looking for documents it will have a date to which you must reply by, it also said that if you have trouble getting the required documents by the date to ring their help desk and inform them, I'm sure the same would be said of your above query, so if you get the letter before you are back from holidays, just ring and explain your situation


  • #80
    Grey Wind
    Registered Users Posts: 95 ✭✭Grey Wind


    I'm finishing off my application today, and I was wondering if there's anything I should put in the additional information section? Can't really think of anything but I don't want to leave it blank.


  • #81
    is mise spartacus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭is mise spartacus


    My application has been at the final stage since June 3rd, when will I know if I get my grant


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  • #82
    Kremin
    Registered Users Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Kremin


    Just submitted my application... do I have to do anything on cao now?


  • #83
    Kremin
    Registered Users Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Kremin


    Just got a letter from SUSI asking for a bunch of documents, anyone else get it?


  • #84
    Thar_Cian
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭Thar_Cian


    Kremin wrote: »
    Just got a letter from SUSI asking for a bunch of documents, anyone else get it?

    I got one last month since I applied quite early. They've received them, but my application hasn't moved past that stage yet.

    When should we expect to know if we're eligible for a grant? I don't especially want to commute, but it looks like I'll have to due to the other expenses. :/


  • #85
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,103 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Thar_Cian wrote: »
    I got one last month since I applied quite early. They've received them, but my application hasn't moved past that stage yet.

    When should we expect to know if we're eligible for a grant? I don't especially want to commute, but it looks like I'll have to due to the other expenses. :/

    They publish their income cut off points every year, so you should have a fair idea of whether it's likely you'll get a grant.


  • #86
    nickys
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭nickys


    Thar_Cian wrote: »
    I got one last month since I applied quite early. They've received them, but my application hasn't moved past that stage yet.

    When should we expect to know if we're eligible for a grant? I don't especially want to commute, but it looks like I'll have to due to the other expenses. :/

    I got that a few months back my thing now say granted provisional approval
    but doesn't say how much I am provisionally approved for??


  • #87
    is mise spartacus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,027 ✭✭✭is mise spartacus


    Also beware of the susi phishing scam
    http://www.thejournal.ie/susi-phishing-scam-2271460-Aug2015/


  • #88
    Postgrad10
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭Postgrad10


    My friend's application got moved to the "queued for final decision" part of the application. Does it take long to get word of acceptance after this? She rang SUSI but they wouldn't clarify.


  • #89
    Thar_Cian
    Registered Users Posts: 328 ✭✭Thar_Cian


    spurious wrote: »
    They publish their income cut off points every year, so you should have a fair idea of whether it's likely you'll get a grant.

    Is this what I should be looking at (pages 38 and 39)? Aren't there other factors to be considered? The student contribution grant is straightforward, but what exactly does the maintenance grant involve?


  • #90
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,103 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Thar_Cian wrote: »
    Is this what I should be looking at (pages 38 and 39)? Aren't there other factors to be considered? The student contribution grant is straightforward, but what exactly does the maintenance grant involve?

    Reckonable income: here
    For the maintenance grant: here

    The maintence grant pays you money per month while you are at college.


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  • #91
    Kremin
    Registered Users Posts: 942 ✭✭✭Kremin


    This is so annoying, I emailed them asking why they were requesting documents from my father when I am fully dependant on my mother and they replied because they were living in the same address I had to include both incomes.... uhh what? They don't live together and haven't for over 8 years.....


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