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Social Welfare Officer spot check?

  • 14-11-2008 4:30pm
    #1
    stinkfisting
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭


    So after my interview this week for Jobseekers Allowance I was told that next week a Social Welfare officer would call over to my apartment at a random day to interview me and to see a few documents. So a few questions about this:

    1. Is this the standard procedure, or was there something that seemed suspect in my interview that they felt they had to do this?

    2. What is he looking for? Will he want to look in my bedroom, snoop about? Chat to my flatmates?

    3. Will this happen every month or regularly in the future? And if so, do they give you prior warning?

    Thanks for any help.


Comments

  • #2
    CDfm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    yup - i think it is standard and isnt a spot check.


  • #3
    stinkfisting
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭stinkfisting


    Ok thanks CDfm. Any idea if he'll want to look around the apartment and/or talk to the other flatmates?


  • #4
    CDfm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,649 ✭✭✭✭CDfm


    He shouldnt really. Its a kind of flying visit.

    The purpose is to establish who you are and that you are living where you say you are ie that its not the family home with parents.

    So they might ask things like who lives here, where they work etc and if you share a room kind of stuff. Even who the landlord is. TBH they already kind of know the answers.

    They cant ask you questions you dont know the answers to like how much anyone earns etc - that kind of stuff the get from them.

    Make sure you get info on all your entitlements etc from them such as medical card etc.

    You should be ok.


  • #5
    eth0_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    They did this with my old housemate.
    Basically its to see if the rent you're paying is in line with the accomodation.

    With her the inspector said she was paying too much rent (500 in Dublin, good luck finding somewhere near-ish town for less than that!) and the social would only cover it for three months, after which time she'd have to move out and find somewhere cheaper, or go on the list for a council flat.


  • #6
    ash2008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 179 ✭✭ash2008


    i had the interview recently. Its very quick...they checked things like my p45, id, rent book, asked where i had applied to jobs and about my boyf as we live together. I got a letter a couple of days before to say they would be arriving and they give you a list of what docs they ask for


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