Anyone got a grant pack sent out to them yet?

ronano

I applied the day susi opened but have not received anything in the post regarding submitting extra documents. Am i alone in this?

sean1976

At a susi information day, they informed us that it would be a min 3 weeks before you receive anything from them in the post.

Cliona99

You're not alone. (I applied June 12th).

paul9mm

HI Just got an email reply this afternoon from SUSI helpdesk, applied online June 12 and emailed question this Thursday.

"Dear X,
Thank you for your e-mail.

All applications submitted are being reviewed at the moment. You will receive a letter either provisionally approving your grant application or declining it shortly.

You can appeal the decision made if you are not satisfied with the result.
Should you require further assistance do not hesitate to contact us on 0761087874.

Kind Regards,
Y
SUSI Support Desk "

david65

nothing in the post yet but i've had a phone call from susi with a query, did say that pack would be out next week. I registered on the 12th June

DeXtER1978

I registered on the 11th of June 00.30 and have heard nothing back.

david65

DeXtER1978 wrote: »

I registered on the 11th of June 00.30 and have heard nothing back.

I would hang on until next week, If I receive my pack next week as they promised I will post it

Cliona99

Got a letter today about submitting documents! (a *lot* of documents) Anyone else?

RoebuckWilson

Cliona99 wrote: »

Got a letter today about submitting documents! (a *lot* of documents) Anyone else?

Hey Cliona

What paperwork are they looking for? I'm ready to submit everything but I want to make sure I have my paperwork ready but I've no idea what to get.

I'm a dependent mature student...

Cheers

Cliona99

Hi ghpeople,

I'll tell you what they want from me, I'm an independent mature student, don't know if it's standardised or not. I was expecting to be rejected straightaway because I already have a degree so I have nothing prepared!

Evidence of independent residence from Oct 1st 2011. (I presume you'll need to provide evidence of partner/parents income).

Copy of birth cert (long form)

Evidence of residence in Ireland/EU for 3 of the last 5 years. A minimum of one document per year is required in the case of utility bills, P60, P21 or bank statements.

Evidence of previous education.

Details of other financial assistance.

P60

Social Welfare statement. (has to be the "official SUSI social welfare form from www.cdvec.ie"

Revenue Form P21, and supporting documents (P60/P45/Statement of Earnings) to back up all income listed. To get this it says you need to register with PAYE Anytime, (which seems to be a huge production, so get a start on that!)


Hope that helps!

RoebuckWilson

Cliona99 wrote: »

Hi ghpeople,

I'll tell you what they want from me, I'm an independent mature student, don't know if it's standardised or not. I was expecting to be rejected straightaway because I already have a degree so I have nothing prepared!

Evidence of independent residence from Oct 1st 2011. (I presume you'll need to provide evidence of partner/parents income).

Copy of birth cert (long form)

Evidence of residence in Ireland/EU for 3 of the last 5 years. A minimum of one document per year is required in the case of utility bills, P60, P21 or bank statements.

Evidence of previous education.

Details of other financial assistance.

P60

Social Welfare statement. (has to be the "official SUSI social welfare form from www.cdvec.ie"

Revenue Form P21, and supporting documents (P60/P45/Statement of Earnings) to back up all income listed. To get this it says you need to register with PAYE Anytime, (which seems to be a huge production, so get a start on that!)


Hope that helps!

Thanks a mill - thats a LOT! I'll get all of that together as least and what I can for my parents to be ready!

Cliona99

Best of luck with it

BehindTheScenes

Cliona99 wrote: »

Hi ghpeople,

I'll tell you what they want from me, I'm an independent mature student, don't know if it's standardised or not. I was expecting to be rejected straightaway because I already have a degree so I have nothing prepared!

Evidence of independent residence from Oct 1st 2011. (I presume you'll need to provide evidence of partner/parents income).

Copy of birth cert (long form)

Evidence of residence in Ireland/EU for 3 of the last 5 years. A minimum of one document per year is required in the case of utility bills, P60, P21 or bank statements.

Evidence of previous education.

Details of other financial assistance.

P60

Social Welfare statement. (has to be the "official SUSI social welfare form from www.cdvec.ie"

Revenue Form P21, and supporting documents (P60/P45/Statement of Earnings) to back up all income listed. To get this it says you need to register with PAYE Anytime, (which seems to be a huge production, so get a start on that!)


Hope that helps!

Thanks for posting that, I applied the day it opened and haven't heard a thing from them yet. Called up to complain but told there was a huge backlog as it's now centralised.

Cocolola

Ya I urge people to get registered for PAYE Anytime now. I registered for it at the end of May and it took a good fortnight to get my PIN sent out and since then I've been trying to log on but keep getting the message:

"Our records show a date of death on the taxpayer's records..." :eek:

I got through to them on the phone today and was told that as I'm unemployed I'm no longer on the PAYE system and that when I ceased working December last year that someone must have accidentally put me down as DEceased. Good to know these intelligent people work for Revenue. At any rate it's still not sorted so be warned people!

eire-kp

Got my grant pack today:D So far Im deemed eligible to progress to the next step. I'm hoping for a fee grant as I should receive BTEA as well.

scoob70

eire-kp wrote: »

Got my grant pack today:D So far Im deemed eligible to progress to the next step. I'm hoping for a fee grant as I should receive BTEA as well.

Hi eire - can I ask when you applied?

eire-kp

The first evening it opened up. Actually just off the phone to them there with a few questions, Call got answered straigth away and very helpfull top marks to them so far.

scoob70

eire-kp wrote: »

The first evening it opened up. Actually just off the phone to them there with a few questions, Call got answered straigth away and very helpfull top marks to them so far.

Hmmm, I applied the following day and I've not heard a thing. Maybe I'll get something next week. Thanks for answering my post .

david65

eire-kp wrote: »

Got my grant pack today:D So far Im deemed eligible to progress to the next step. I'm hoping for a fee grant as I should receive BTEA as well.

likewise

Muir

Just so people aren't worrying, they can be really slow at processing grant applications. I know someone who still hasn't been paid their grant money from last year. This new online system is supposed to make it faster, but it is new so there are bound to be delays.
Often people are in college a month or so before they hear anything back about a grant so people knowing that they are eligible to move to the next step this early is actually a huge improvement over previous years!
If you're getting the BTEA or on a social welfare payment, you are probably going to get it. In the mean time maybe get all your documents together & photocopy them so you can have them ready to send off when you get your grant pack.

ronano

Those who got the packs etc

does it tell you given the information you supplied what you are eligible for? as in if your information is verified through documents you can get free fees paid for by the state

bluecatmorgana

Unfortunately not, it just says you are deemed eligible to progress to the next step.

Does it really take two weeks to get your pin from paye anytime? I only requested my pin yesterday, is there any other way to get a p21?

Also does anyone know where I can find the SUSI social welfare form? Ive tried looking and searching on cdvec.ie as suggested but cant find it.

Thanks

dor83

I think this is the form you are looking for, but I'm not sure.

Muir

bluecatmorgana wrote: »

Unfortunately not, it just says you are deemed eligible to progress to the next step.

Does it really take two weeks to get your pin from paye anytime? I only requested my pin yesterday, is there any other way to get a p21?

Also does anyone know where I can find the SUSI social welfare form? Ive tried looking and searching on cdvec.ie as suggested but cant find it.

Thanks

I think you could have asked to just have your P21 posted out. Also, it may not actually take 2 weeks, sometimes that can be to cover themselves for delays.


ronano: This link tells you what level of grant you may be eligible for based on your income:
http://www.studentfinance.ie/downloads/1341494564/Schedule_1_reckonable_income_limit_2012.pdf

That should give you an idea yourself

annacanna

dor83 wrote: »

I think this is the form you are looking for, but I'm not sure.

are we supposed to print it off and bring it into the social welfare office to be signed? i have a problem as i have recieved my balancing statement form revenue and a letter from social welfare stating what i recieved in 2011 but the figures dont match so im very confused. revenue or social welfare are wrong, but who?

Muir

annacanna wrote: »

are we supposed to print it off and bring it into the social welfare office to be signed? i have a problem as i have recieved my balancing statement form revenue and a letter from social welfare stating what i recieved in 2011 but the figures dont match so im very confused. revenue or social welfare are wrong, but who?

Did you have income other than that from the Social Welfare, because the Balancing Statement would consider all income? You might want to ring up Revenue to see could they help you figure out what's causing the difference. I sometimes look at documents thinking there are mistakes but there is usually some sort of reason behind it.

And yeah, it looks like you need to bring it in to the social welfare to have the bottom part filled out.

Annasopra

annacanna wrote: »

are we supposed to print it off and bring it into the social welfare office to be signed? i have a problem as i have recieved my balancing statement form revenue and a letter from social welfare stating what i recieved in 2011 but the figures dont match so im very confused. revenue or social welfare are wrong, but who?

Why would the P21 show anything to do with social welfare?

Muir

mango salsa wrote: »

Why would the P21 show anything to do with social welfare?

Because a P21 accounts for all income over the year, which would include social welfare payments.

annacanna

the stupid thing is in irish and even google translate cant translate it all!
there are two lines one is my pervious employers name and the other means social welfare.

i recieve one parent family allowance and was getting the full rate 217.80 for the first 3 months of the year and it was then reassesed as 212.80 when i finally started to recieve child maintenance so i think this may have something to do with it.
there is a difference of about 100 euro between the statements

Muir

If your previous employers name is there then that would sound to me like some sort of income from them is being taken into consideration, probably around 100 euro if that's the difference. did you receive anything from that employer in 2011?

Just phone up & ask, it's either a small error or there is some reason behind the difference.

Jwacqui

scoob70 wrote: »

Hmmm, I applied the following day and I've not heard a thing. Maybe I'll get something next week. Thanks for answering my post .

I applied the same day and haven't gotten anything either!

scoob70

Just to let you's know - I still haven't received anything in the post from SUSI - but I rang the help line today to say I'd applied on the 12th of June and heard nothing. I was surprised then to be told I am provisionally eligable and I should get something in the post in the next couple of days. So if anyones feeling abit nervous it might be worth you giving SUSI a ring.

1sparkey

I applied the first day and received a reply this morning, I just have to gather it together now.Its not to bad, no major surprise requests , although Im an independent mature student so I dont rely on anyone elses income .

Jwacqui

I rang the helpline today, got through very quickly and the girl was very friendly and helpful.
She checked my grant status and it was still waiting to be assessed, she said it will be about another 1-2 weeks.

Literally biting my nails on the phone! Just praying I get a grant, It will help so much!!

BehindTheScenes

For anyone interested I was on to Susi this morning. I made my application on the 25th of June and was told these applications are taking 4 to 5 weeks.

I also rang revenue for a P21 last Monday and got it today.

DollyD

I also rang them today and the woman said I was provisionally eligible and will recieve a pack in the post in the next few days I made my application on the 15th of June, I'm wondering now have they turned anyone down for a grant or will everyone get the approval and then get turned down when they send back there documents

BehindTheScenes

DollyD wrote: »

I also rang them today and the woman said I was provisionally eligible and will recieve a pack in the post in the next few days I made my application on the 15th of June, I'm wondering now have they turned anyone down for a grant or will everyone get the approval and then get turned down when they send back there documents

I was told that if you're provisionally approved as long as the documents confirmed what you told them your good to go.

DollyD

BehindTheScenes wrote: »

I was told that if you're provisionally approved as long as the documents confirmed what you told them your good to go.

Sweet!! I was wondering because I haven't heard of anybody that got a reply back to say they weren't getting a grant so far its all approvals

BehindTheScenes

DollyD wrote: »

Sweet!! I was wondering because I haven't heard of anybody that got a reply back to say they weren't getting a grant so far its all approvals

Glad your happy, now where's my bloody letter!:D

Izzie11

Do you think it's possible to get confirmation of the grant before we actually start? Seems like everyone has to wait ages to get everything finalised.

I just really don't want to have to pay the reg fee when I'll need it badly during the first few months!

Cocolola

Izzie11 wrote: »

Do you think it's possible to get confirmation of the grant before we actually start? Seems like everyone has to wait ages to get everything finalised.

I just really don't want to have to pay the reg fee when I'll need it badly during the first few months!

I meet with the mature student officer in NUIG during the week and I asked her about this. She said to make sure I pay the college's own student levy of €224 (I don't know if all colleges have something similar to that?) and to go to the fees office and show them the letter that says I've been provisionally approved for the grant so that they won't apply penalties for late payment.

It's worth giving the mature office in the college a call anyway to see if they do that.

mr.boombastic

Hey,

Anyone else had any grant packs sent out to them in the post from SUSI???
I completed my application on the 20th of June and yet to hear anything...
Have rang couple of times but keep getting the usual "4-5 weeks"
Im not the patient type.....

Cocolola

I have FINALLY got all my documents together this morning, it only went and took 18 flippin' days, thanks to the confusion created by the new statement of social welfare payments form that SUSI invented :rolleyes:

Off to the post office now and hope that's the end of it. Although I'm sure something else will be requested and I'll be trapped in a never-ending hell of A4 sheets and envelopes

How's everybody else getting on with it?

Izzie11

I sent all my requested documents on the 12th but they still haven't been scanned into their system yet.

Sick of all this waiting

DollyD

I got my pack today, haven't stopped running around sence half 8 this morning getting stuff together so now all I have to do is sit and wait for the p21s and pension letters to come so I can send it off.

Does anyone no wat happens next or how long it will be for a final desision??
Hope its before college starts!!

W86indow

Cliona99 wrote: »

Hi ghpeople,

Social Welfare statement. (has to be the "official SUSI social welfare form from www.cdvec.ie"

Hope that helps!

I went and downloaded that form and went to the social to get it filled in today - i want to be ready to send off absolutely everything when i get my pack out ..
I requested a statment from the social welfare anyway for what i recieved in 2011 and they sent me that straight away

but when i went in to get the official susi form signed and stamped she refused the SW officer told me that they will only issue me their own statement and they will not sign any forms from anywhere else

wondering did this happen anyone else?

I did not get the pack yet and i applied on the 8th july , just getting everything i can possibly get ready in time

Cliona99

The woman in the social welfare office was a bit miffed about this 'special form', she took it anyway, and posted it out to me the next day.

Maybe go back again and hope to get a different person behind the desk?

DollyD

I brought my form in on Friday after downloading it on the susi website and the lady filled it out there and then no problem she couldn't have been more helpful with me about it I'd say u just got a pure crank that is been awkward about it.

Fatboydim

Got my pack today. Took the downloaded form to the SWO and the lovely lady did it there and then for me. So all went back in the post today... Hopefully will get confirmation of grant (fees) before I Start in September.

scoob70

W86indow wrote: »

I went and downloaded that form and went to the social to get it filled in today - i want to be ready to send off absolutely everything when i get my pack out ..
I requested a statment from the social welfare anyway for what i recieved in 2011 and they sent me that straight away

but when i went in to get the official susi form signed and stamped she refused the SW officer told me that they will only issue me their own statement and they will not sign any forms from anywhere else

wondering did this happen anyone else?

I did not get the pack yet and i applied on the 8th july , just getting everything i can possibly get ready in time

Def try someone else - I handed mine in today no probs and they said we will post it back out to you this week when we've filled it in.

W86indow

omg ive been shafted !!

marching back up there on friday ,she was a total young wan an all !