Late for overpayment appeals

Idungoofed123

In early November I received a letter from a social welfare officer claiming that for a period of a week [my last week on social welfare before beginning University] I was not unemployed and I was working. As a result I incurred an overpayment.

The problem I have now is twofold:
a. I did not work during that period and I am not sure what this claim was even based on
b. Due to the claim being outrageous and seemingly out of nowhere, I figured it would be easy to dispute... and then cue me procrastinating and completely forgetting about the letter until the debt collection agency starting sending out their letters

Will I be able to appeal despite it being over 21 days? And if my appeal gets denied because of how long I've taken to do it, who can I turn to after that? The claim essentially implies I committed fraud, so I think it's important I clear my name. With that said, I acknowledge how stupid it was of me to procrastinate appealing ^^*

splinter65

Idungoofed123 wrote: »

In early November I received a letter from a social welfare officer claiming that for a period of a week [my last week on social welfare before beginning University] I was not unemployed and I was working. As a result I incurred an overpayment.

The problem I have now is twofold:
a. I did not work during that period and I am not sure what this claim was even based on
b. Due to the claim being outrageous and seemingly out of nowhere, I figured it would be easy to dispute... and then cue me procrastinating and completely forgetting about the letter until the debt collection agency starting sending out their letters

Will I be able to appeal despite it being over 21 days? And if my appeal gets denied because of how long I've taken to do it, who can I turn to after that? The claim essentially implies I committed fraud, so I think it's important I clear my name. With that said, I acknowledge how stupid it was of me to procrastinate appealing ^^*

Make an appointment to see the SWO that sent you the original letter, he/she has information that indicates you were disqualified from JSB that week.
It’s a problem for you that you didn’t respond in some way to the original letter, but you’ve said in your post that you can disprove the disqualification reason so it should be sorted out.

yabadabado

Its highly unlikely you can make an appointment to meet the officer who sent the original letter.

I would send the letter appealing it now and see what happens.
Also its unlikely they have accussed you of fraud,not something that is done too often.Very naive not to reply to the letter