FIS for the second time-waiting time still 20 weeks?Mod warning post 437

yammy mammy · 21-06-2012 3:53pm

Hi, my renewal date is 15/03, and there was nothing in my account today!! I need money badly, just like all of us.....

mamof5 · 21-06-2012 3:56pm

yammy mammy wrote: »

Hi, my renewal date is 15/03, and there was nothing in my account today!! I need money badly, just like all of us.....

15th too and nothing,fingers crossed for next week:)

cara11 · 21-06-2012 7:13pm

yammy mammy wrote: »

Hi, my renewal date is 15/03, and there was nothing in my account today!! I need money badly, just like all of us.....

me too. And another loooong week ahead. To top it all - my car died on me 2 days ago. Now I depend even more on the friends I already owe so much.
:rolleyes:

lisaos · 22-06-2012 10:23pm

Keep us posted, my date is the 18th of April and it can't come quick enough, finding it very hard

yelly · 22-06-2012 10:39pm

Can you claim supplentary allowance while you wait?? Or can you claim job seekers for the days you dont work? Just not sure how I will cope when my claim is up for review...

Thanks

lisaos · 25-06-2012 11:22am

Just off the phone with them they are working on the 23 of March at the moment

yammy mammy · 25-06-2012 2:09pm

Thanks for information, hopefully will get the money this thursday!!

babsrose · 26-06-2012 12:24pm

just rang them my renewal date was 11th april. they told me they are dealing with 23rd march so itll be 3-4 weeks more

aileach · 26-06-2012 2:33pm

OMG I didn't realise the waiting time was so long - ours is up for renewal this week but we sent in the form a few weeks ago and received confirmation of this last week.

Last year we were just given the same rate without being reviewed as the waiting time was so long and our circumstances hadn't changed but that still took 8 weeks.

yammy mammy · 27-06-2012 7:44pm

Its gonna be sleepless night for all of us tonight hoping that the money will be there in our accounts tomorrow!!

yabadabado · 27-06-2012 8:01pm

yammy mammy wrote: »

Its gonna be sleepless night for all of us tonight hoping that the money will be there in our accounts tomorrow!!

They are only half way through the 23/3/12 claims,unless your PPS number starts with a low number it hasnt been processed yet.

yammy mammy · 27-06-2012 8:28pm

yabadabado wrote: »

They are only half way through the 23/3/12 claims,unless your PPS number starts with a low number it hasnt been processed yet.

Hi, my renewal is 15.03, so i really hope they finished that, what do you think?is there any hope for me to get paid tomorrow, or else i will go crazy, so broke financialy....thanks

LegacyUser · 28-06-2012 9:41am

yabadabado wrote: »

They are only half way through the 23/3/12 claims,unless your PPS number starts with a low number it hasnt been processed yet.

hi,im the 8/3 and still no payment,my number starts with a nine,everytime i ring they say in two weeks!!!!

mamof5 · 28-06-2012 10:35am

got mine today,i'm 15/3.didn't get any back payment,thats gonna take another 2 weeks. and i'm 23 euro down on last year,can't see why??nothing at all changed. anyway,hope you all get sorted soon:):)

aileach · 28-06-2012 12:16pm

My letter said that the FIS would stop on 27 June, does that mean that my last date of payment would have been last thursday 21 June? No money in the bank today

I thought that the last payment until the renewal goes through would be today?

So sorry to hear that the waiting time is so long, I hope you got your payment today yammy mammy

yabadabado · 28-06-2012 12:42pm

aileach wrote: »

My letter said that the FIS would stop on 27 June, does that mean that my last date of payment would have been last thursday 21 June? No money in the bank today I thought that the last payment until the renewal goes through would be today?

Your last payment was the 21/6/12 and you would be paid up until the 27/6/12.Always ends on a wednesday.

jca · 28-06-2012 3:44pm

I went to cwo and she organised money for me which I collect in the post office on Friday mornings. It's €106 less than what I'd get on Fis but better than nothing. My Fis finished the 24th on may and I'm struggling already. Going to be a long hard road till August/September.

cara11 · 28-06-2012 8:29pm

I'm 15/03 and nothing in today. Anyone else on 15/03 not get theirs??? And another week of hope ahead...:rolleyes:

yammy mammy · 28-06-2012 9:27pm

aileach wrote: »

My letter said that the FIS would stop on 27 June, does that mean that my last date of payment would have been last thursday 21 June? No money in the bank today I thought that the last payment until the renewal goes through would be today?

So sorry to hear that the waiting time is so long, I hope you got your payment today yammy mammy

Hi , thanks I got my money and the back money today, so happy about it!paid the rent and car insurance, i am sooo happy, i hope you all will get it soon, I was waiting 15 weeks since my last payment,..

aileach · 29-06-2012 2:06am

I'm so glad you got it yammy mammy

(My car and house insurances are due at the end of next week - bad planning there, I wish I could change the renewal date for at least one of them)

Were you waiting 15 weeks from the date you reapplied or from the date of your last payment?

aileach · 29-06-2012 2:08am

Oops just noticed that you said from last payment yammy mammy - thanks for that update. 15 weeks brings me to the beginning of October

aileach · 06-07-2012 2:11am

does anyone know if the waiting time has reduced at all?

lisaos · 06-07-2012 12:33pm

Rang on the 25th june and they were on the 23rd March anyone else any up dates, i'm the 18th of April so 12 weeks since last payment

cara11 · 06-07-2012 2:01pm

Hi, I am 15/03 and just got a letter last week saying they need me to fill in another form to proceed with my claim. All the information I have to fill in was already on my form that I filled in in March (I checked as I always copy everything).

Not sure why that is but at least it seems they are working on it.

lisaos · 06-07-2012 3:14pm

has any of your details changed in last 12 months, some dated 15th have theirs and they told me theyere working on 23rd ,which was a week and a half ago

cara11 · 06-07-2012 3:59pm

I know. No, nothing has changed but since the place where I work closed for 3 months in Winter, I wasn't allowed to just do a renewal but had to fill in a complete NEW claim (16 pages!). This is now every year the same. I stop getting payments in December, re-apply in March and it takes till August to get some Money. Only to lose it again in December for the next 7-8 months.

I wished, it would be possible to just do the normal renewal paper.:cool:

The letter they sent is strange: I have to complete a form at the items marked "X". The form they returned however is Part 3 to be filled in by my employer and there is not one thing marked with an "X" at all. I assume my employer has to fill in how much i earned as in March they filled in zero everywhere because I just started working again then. But why did they send this to me and not to my employer? I can't fill in anything there. I wonder was it a mixup, did my employer get the form I am supposed to fill in instead? Our payroll admin is on holidays - so I can't do anything. Another delay....

Glyni · 12-07-2012 9:01pm

Any one any idea what date they are processing at the moment. Have tried ringing a couple of times but phone is just ringing out.

lisaos · 13-07-2012 12:28pm

Got through this morning on the 29th march, told me three weeks for mine, my renewal is 18th April

Glyni · 13-07-2012 7:30pm

They are only a week further than when I last got through to them nearly 3 weeks ago. If its taking 3 weeks for them to do each week it'll be another 6 weeks before they get to me. I'm 12th April. waiting times seem to be getting longer not shorter

lisaos · 13-07-2012 11:04pm

I know the wait is ridiculous, and my hubbys stubborn and won't go to welfare officer for money so barely surviving , on another thread a woman whose renewal was the 28th of March had her money in her account Monday just gone, hope fully not to long more for us, let us know when you get sorted or if you hear anymore thanks

Glyni · 13-07-2012 11:20pm

lisaos wrote: »

I know the wait is ridiculous, and my hubbys stubborn and won't go to welfare officer for money so barely surviving , on another thread a woman whose renewal was the 28th of March had her money in her account Monday just gone, hope fully not to long more for us, let us know when you get sorted or if you hear anymore thanks

Will keep you posted so you'll have an idea how fast there moving. Hopefully we'll get paid before te kids are back at school.

jca · 13-07-2012 11:40pm

lisaos wrote: »

I know the wait is ridiculous, and my hubbys stubborn and won't go to welfare officer for money so barely surviving , on another thread a woman whose renewal was the 28th of March had her money in her account Monday just gone, hope fully not to long more for us, let us know when you get sorted or if you hear anymore thanks

Your husband is foolish not to go to cwo for the money. He only has to go once. The money is paid into the post office and can be collected between Friday and Monday each week until Fis is settled. I couldn't do without it tbh. It's €106 less than my Fis entitlement and I'm missing that a lot at this stage.

midlands1 · 13-07-2012 11:49pm

lisaos wrote: »

I know the wait is ridiculous, and my hubbys stubborn and won't go to welfare officer for money so barely surviving , on another thread a woman whose renewal was the 28th of March had her money in her account Monday just gone, hope fully not to long more for us, let us know when you get sorted or if you hear anymore thanks

He should go to the community welfare officer, at least it would take the pressure off until the FIS is sorted.

yabadabado · 14-07-2012 11:14am

They are processing 5/4/12 renewals .

babsrose · 18-07-2012 7:15am

Anyone have any updates ?

babsrose · 23-07-2012 7:45am

Does anyone know whats happening ?

Glyni · 23-07-2012 12:01pm

Still no payment here my renewal is 12th April so 16 weeks this week.

yabadabado · 23-07-2012 12:12pm

they are processing 12/4/12 claims now.

lisaos · 23-07-2012 12:16pm

Glyni, i rang again today and after 27 mins on hold i got through and they are on the 12th of April so you might be lucky this week, also rang BTSCFA and they won't give payment out this year until renewal has been approved, even though they did last year.. hope this helps and let us know if you get it

babsrose · 23-07-2012 4:13pm

Thanks Glyni im the same date as you ! hopefully have good news soon !

kmscc · 24-07-2012 3:06pm

Waiting ten weeks now, Rang the office today and before i got to speak to anybody a recorded message told me "all renewals and new applications 20wks", i could cry !!!!!! cannot survive another 10wks like the last 10.

:(:(

jca · 24-07-2012 3:37pm

kmscc wrote: »

Waiting ten weeks now, Rang the office today and before i got to speak to anybody a recorded message told me "all renewals and new applications 20wks", i could cry !!!!!! cannot survive another 10wks like the last 10.
:(:(

Its absolutely outrageous behaviour, getting longer and longer each year. Very stressful. Ulsterbank od keeping me afloat tbh:mad::mad:

yabadabado · 24-07-2012 4:33pm

Its not fully 20 weeks,majority of claims are processed in 16/17 weeks.

liz2 · 24-07-2012 5:12pm

my renewal date is 10 may, so im 12 weeks waiting now.. im trying my best to be patient..! :rolleyes:

cara11 · 24-07-2012 9:47pm

Got my money last week, finally. But the amount is 10 Euro short due to my one parent family payment. I handed in my claim on 13th of March and a week later my one parent payment was reduced because I went back to work. I even noted on the claim form, that this amount is going to be reduced but since I didn't know of how much, I couldn't write in a lower figure (always afraid because of the sentence about false statements etc.) Do you think I would stand a chance writing to the Appeals Officer or would it be enough ringing the FIS section? I was sure that all Welfare departments are checking the figures and they would see how much it actually is before I would. After all - it took 4 months to process the claim.

Has anyone an advice what I should do or is there nothing I can do. 10 Euro means 520 Euros over the full year - a fortune!

yabadabado · 24-07-2012 11:41pm

cara11 wrote: »

Got my money last week, finally. But the amount is 10 Euro short due to my one parent family payment. I handed in my claim on 13th of March and a week later my one parent payment was reduced because I went back to work. I even noted on the claim form, that this amount is going to be reduced but since I didn't know of how much, I couldn't write in a lower figure (always afraid because of the sentence about false statements etc.) Do you think I would stand a chance writing to the Appeals Officer or would it be enough ringing the FIS section? I was sure that all Welfare departments are checking the figures and they would see how much it actually is before I would. After all - it took 4 months to process the claim.

Has anyone an advice what I should do or is there nothing I can do. 10 Euro means 520 Euros over the full year - a fortune!

I reckon they might take a look at your claim again but it is set from the renewal date of application so it would be up to FIS to give it to you.you dont really have any grounds to appeal,as FIS have followed the rules.Give FIS a ring and talk to the person who did your claim and see is there anything that can be done.They might consider it but I dont think there is any way you would win an appeal.

SCOOP 64 · 25-07-2012 12:15am

My was down E3 aweek this year, for no reason at all, im on the same money
i was on last year, no less no more,maybe it all depends whos doing it.

yabadabado · 25-07-2012 12:29am

nig1 wrote: »

My was down E3 aweek this year, for no reason at all, im on the same money
i was on last year, no less no more,maybe it all depends whos doing it.

they have a set of rules/guidelines so it shouldnt really make any difference who processes it.could have something to do with changes in your tax or usc ,only guessing but there would be a reason how they got that figure.

Glyni · 25-07-2012 9:22am

lisaos wrote: »

Glyni, i rang again today and after 27 mins on hold i got through and they are on the 12th of April so you might be lucky this week, also rang BTSCFA and they won't give payment out this year until renewal has been approved, even though they did last year.. hope this helps and let us know if you get it

My back money was in my account this morning Lisa. Hopefully you wont be waiting much longer.

Glyni · 25-07-2012 9:23am

babsrose wrote: »

Thanks Glyni im the same date as you ! hopefully have good news soon !

Check your account Babsrose. My back money was in today

FIS for the second time-waiting time still 20 weeks?Mod warning post 437

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