Social welfare interview

Baby01032012

I separated from my wife last year. I am working. She had given up employment and was on JSB. That is coming to an end. She has applied for Job seekers allowance.

Inspector called to the house today and questioned her on things like why her mother’s car is always in drive way. She visits often and helps out when my wife needs her but the inspector claimed her car is there 24/7. She also asked where I lived now. I life in an apartment near by. She was told to come for interview tomorrow morning.

Can anyone shed light on this and what she should expect. She was only asked to bring ID

splinter65

Baby01032012 wrote: »

I separated from my wife last year. I am working. She had given up employment and was on JSB. That is coming to an end. She has applied for Job seekers allowance.

Inspector called to the house today and questioned her on things like why her mother’s car is always in drive way. She visits often and helps out when my wife needs her but the inspector claimed her car is there 24/7. She also asked where I lived now. I life in an apartment near by. She was told to come for interview tomorrow morning.

Can anyone shed light on this and what she should expect. She was only asked to bring ID

If she answers all the questions truthfully and is looking for, available for, and fit for full time work then she has nothing to worry about and she should relax and not worry about it.
The inspector is investigating your wife’s claim for JSA and will have spent some time, including late at night and early in the morning, observing comings and goings from your wife’s home in order to establish exactly who is living there, as well as looking at your wife’s daily routine. It may be suspected that your mother in law is coming to look after your children in their own home while your wife goes somewhere to work.

Conall Cernach

They probably think your ex has moved another man in which would affect a JSA payment.

Baby01032012

Thanks both. That’s ok as that’s not the case. I was just concerned by some stranger spying on my family. They probably now think I still live there as I went directly from work to the house as I do on a Tuesday. And noticed this car driving slowly beside me as I was walking and then doing a u turn. My wife confirmed that was the same car.

splinter65

Baby01032012 wrote: »

Thanks both. That’s ok as that’s not the case. I was just concerned by some stranger spying on my family. They probably now think I still live there as I went directly from work to the house as I do on a Tuesday. And noticed this car driving slowly beside me as I was walking and then doing a u turn. My wife confirmed that was the same car.

There’s no need to be concerned in any way at all about the inspector. The inspector will compile a completely unbiased report about your wife and give it to the deciding officer who will read it and come to his/her own conclusions. As long as everything your wife wrote in the application is backed up by the inspectors observations then she should be in a payment by next Thursday.