Moving address on JSA

Mrs Garth Brooks

Has anyone moved address on JSA?

I need to move out of home and get a house share.

I'd rather be packing shelves in a supermarket, but I live in a rural area and rely on buses with useless times.

It might be easier to get work if I was living in the city.

But moving out, are they going to cut my JSA. Moving into a new place, none of the bills will be in my name so no proof of address. Or what's the process when dealing with the DSP.

Nomis21

It was easy for me. I moved from Dublin to Tullamore. Went into the DSP at Tullamore and told them my PPS number and my new address. No proof of address needed.

Balagan

It would be highly unusual not to have to supply proof of new address. There are different forms of proof accepted, not just bills.

Proof of address

Where a person makes a claim the address given by the claimant is checked with that held on the Department's Central Records system. If the address supplied by the customer is the same as the address already recorded on the Department's Central Records system, then the address may be accepted without further verification.

It is necessary to seek verification of a customer's address in the following circumstances:

if the address provided by the customer differs from the address recorded on the Department's Central Records system
if the customer advises us of a change of address
if ther are grounds for believing that a customer is no longer living at the stated address
if a customer has used a bogus address in the past
In any case where it is necessary to seek evidence of a customer's address, acceptable documents include, but are not limited to, the following:

Recent bills from utility companies e.g. Electricity, Telephone (Landline or Mobile), Gas, Cable Television, Waste Charges etc.
Recent statements/correspondence from Banks, Building Societies, Credit Unions, Credit Card Companies or other financial institutions
Recent letters addressed to the customer from Insurance Companies, Local Authorities, Government Departments or the Revenue Commissioners
Local Authority Rent book, Mortgage or leasing agreement
Any other form of evidence considered by the Deciding Officer to be appropriate in the particular circumstances.
In all cases, original document must be supplied. Photocopies are not acceptable.

Note: a recent document is on issued within the preceding 2 months.

If customer cannot supply any of the above documents, it will be sufficent for him/her to provide utility bills in the name of the parent, spouse/civil partner/cohabitant.

Other Sources of Verification

Thom's Directory
The electoral register
The telephone directory

Where there is doubt about the claimant's address, the claim is not awarded for payment until the address is verified.

Change of address

When a claimant notifies the Local Social Welfare Office of a change of address, s/he must provide proof of the new address.

Local Office policy will determine whether a means review is to be carried out due to change in circumstances.

Documentationhttp://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Jobseekers-Allowance.aspx#part2