Can you claim Job seekers while still a registered student?

brannid3 · 07-09-2011 2:06pm #1

A friend of mine is receiving job seekers even though she is registered to a college.We both left the college to do a work year as a part of our degree but we had to pay registration fee's and we are still registered to the college.

Her workplace finished earlier than mine and she is now claiming 4 weeks jobseekers until we go back to college.Is this even possible?I know that she may have family that work in the department and she says that they say it is perfectly legal and she is completely entitled to it.Is this not fraud?My brothers been waiting for jobseekers for the past 8 weeks and had to get a letter of his college to say he was no longer a student.

Balagan · 07-09-2011 2:14pm

Are you sure she is not in receipt of the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)?

brannid3 · 07-09-2011 3:16pm

Balagan wrote: »

Are you sure she is not in receipt of the Back to Education Allowance (BTEA)?

Hey yes I'm very sure.she says it's jobseekers.Unless she's telling me she's on the wrong welfare but I can't imagine shed get it wrong?To qualify for that must you not start from first year as well?as the work we did was full time just up to 2 weeks ago and it was for our degree I wouldn't say we would qualify for it.

mp22 · 07-09-2011 3:22pm

If you feel that there is fraud being committed http://www.welfare.ie/EN/ContactUs/Pages/reportfraud.aspx

That is the only advice we can offer here.

Can you claim Job seekers while still a registered student?

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