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Entitlements when dropped out of college.

  • 08-02-2012 1:09pm
    #1
    yellowcrayon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭


    I have just recently dropped out of my second year of Law, due to no longer being able to afford it. I know there's grants and so on for college students, but things were getting so bad that I couldnt even afford the bus into college anymore so I just decided to leave and I will return in a few years.

    I am just wondering what I am entitled to regarding state benefits and allowances. I am not sure if I am entitled to Job Seekers Allowance or Benefit.
    I have lived away from my parents for 2 years, so I am renting my own place, I have a room mate. Will they want to assess his income too?

    I am applying for jobs all the time, so I just need somethin until I get hired.

    Can anyone help please?


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  • #2
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    You should apply for JSA,you will need a letter on headed note paper from the college stating that you are no longer a student.Your room mate's income should not need to be accessed so long as you are not cohabiting, and you can prove same.


  • #3
    yellowcrayon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 185 ✭✭yellowcrayon


    Thanks for the reply. Im not sure how to prove that this person is just a room mate though. We live in the same apartment (different beds though), but it may look like he's my boyfriend because he's a male when in fact we're just friends; we did sign the lease together and agreed to both stay here for a 6 month period, i wonder does this count as cohabiting, even thought we're just livin under the same roof?


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