Dole waiting times

sitstill

Just out of interest, what are people's recent experiences of dole waiting times? Have they gone down in recent weeks, as there *seems* to be slightly less lay offs in recent times?

Sephiroth_dude

about 5 wks when I first applied for JSB and about 4 wks when I applied for JBA.

IT Loser

3 weeks and waiting.

calex71

Stamps for JSB ran out this week when i was in to apply for JSA today was told not lonf when asking how long, "quickly if you get the stuff you need".

Have a friends who is claiming in another office and is waiting 6 weeks so far so i guess it depends on the area.

Xiney

Seven weeks since I applied for Jobseeker's Allowance. Haven't heard a thing since.

cee_jay

It depends on your office and your claim. I have a friend who was waiting 2 weeks in Cobh, another was waiting 7 weeks in Cork - they signed on the same day. JSA would probably take longer I guess.

IT Loser

IT Loser wrote: »

3 weeks and waiting.

4 for me this Thursday.

Xiney: are you in Cork?

Xiney

Nope, Galway.

8 weeks now.

IT Loser

If you have not had any comminique with them, I suggest you ring them and ask them was there some problem with your application, i.e. had anything been left out, omitted etc. Thats what I am going do in one week, ring them and ask them is it just a backlog {which I have no problem with} or if its maybe something else. I genuinely dont have a problem with the wait, and who knows what might come up in the meantime, but if there is a mixup I would be wanting to get it sorted as fast as possible. I still think my application for JSA went too smoothly for some reason.

phil devlin

im waiting two months now. Does anyone know if there is any payment you can get while waiting for dole

cee_jay

Zombie thread - there is a sticky re: waiting times.
If you are waiting for payment, you can apply to CWO for supplementary welfare allowance.
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