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Pandemic payment applications getting priority over JSB/JSA applications?

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  • #32
    Flimsy_Boat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭Flimsy_Boat


    Submitted JSA application online on 3rd April. Still waiting for a response.

    Submitted paper JSA application on 4th May. Hopefully will get a response soon.


  • #33
    Kirby2k07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭Kirby2k07


    Flimsy_Boat wrote: »
    Submitted JSA application online on 3rd April. Still waiting for a response.

    Submitted paper JSA application on 4th May. Hopefully will get a response soon.

    Online is just a complete write off at this stage. I did the same as you, was approved within 1 week after handing in a paper app along with all the supporting docs they could possibly ask for.


  • #34
    Flimsy_Boat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭Flimsy_Boat


    Kirby2k07 wrote: »
    Online is just a complete write off at this stage. I did the same as you, was approved within 1 week after handing in a paper app along with all the supporting docs they could possibly ask for.

    Actually I saw your post about that which gave me a good push to go with a paper application instead! I submitted a tonne of supporting docs too - 6 months bank statements, college registration etc. I assume as a student waiting to write my exams I cannot get job seekers now even though I have been looking for jobs on my study breaks?


  • #35
    splinter65
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,420 ✭✭✭splinter65


    Flimsy_Boat wrote: »
    Actually I saw your post about that which gave me a good push to go with a paper application instead! I submitted a tonne of supporting docs too - 6 months bank statements, college registration etc. I assume as a student waiting to write my exams I cannot get job seekers now even though I have been looking for jobs on my study breaks?

    You have to be looking for and available for full time work.


  • #36
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,003 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    You can not get job seekers if you are a full time student with exams outstanding.


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  • #37
    Sputnik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭Sputnik


    Two weeks after a paper application a payment turned up in my account. No contact from welfare but presumably it's been approved. No change in the status of the online application a month and half later.


  • #38
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,258 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Sputnik wrote: »
    Two weeks after a paper application a payment turned up in my account. No contact from welfare but presumably it's been approved. No change in the status of the online application a month and half later.

    That's odd. I got separate letters on mywelfare for the current approval and the arrears. Got a hard copy letter a few days later too.


  • #39
    Sputnik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 194 ✭✭Sputnik


    That's odd. I got separate letters on mywelfare for the current approval and the arrears. Got a hard copy letter a few days later too.

    I thought so to. It seems to be the payment for the two weeks since I applied on paper. Maybe the docs are just stuck in the post and something will turn up next week.


  • #40
    Flimsy_Boat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭Flimsy_Boat


    Cherry Blossom wrote: »
    You can not get job seekers if you are a full time student with exams outstanding.

    I put my exam timetable in with my application. I've been wondering if mature students qualify for summer? I'm going to have issues paying rent as always depended on jobs to keep me going :(


  • #41
    ttsnar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 80 ✭✭ttsnar


    Mature students are entitled.


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  • #42
    Kirby2k07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭Kirby2k07


    Hi all I got approved finally this week, having applied online initially on April 23rd, then handing in a paper application a week later.
    The letter I received said I be sent the benefit by bank account on Thursdays, however I have yet to receive anything and was just wondering is there a specific time of day benefit is transferred, or delayed by a day due to covid?
    Or is it that benefit is only to be collected/sent every two weeks due to covid? Thanks!


  • #43
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,258 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    I got my letters on a Thursday and they said arrears would be paid the following Thursday and a regular payment on the Friday. The whole lot came through as one payment on the Wednesday though.


  • #44
    Kirby2k07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 109 ✭✭Kirby2k07


    Caranica wrote: »
    I got my letters on a Thursday and they said arrears would be paid the following Thursday and a regular payment on the Friday. The whole lot came through as one payment on the Wednesday though.

    Sorry I didn’t explain that clearly, I received the first payment the time I got the letter, but for the following week didnt receive anything, so I was wondering are payments to bank accounts during covid times made every two weeks?


  • #45
    Waccamacca3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 174 ✭✭Waccamacca3


    Still waiting for online JSA to be even looked at since April 3rd anyone waiting from earlier that date


  • #46
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,258 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Waccamacca3 wrote: »
    Still waiting for online JSA to be even looked at since April 3rd anyone waiting from earlier that date

    Don't wait. Get the paper application in tomorrow. I got approval within 24 hours after submission of paper for having been waiting weeks and weeks for online application to be processed.


  • #47
    Twee.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,721 Mod ✭✭✭✭Twee.


    Waccamacca3 wrote: »
    Still waiting for online JSA to be even looked at since April 3rd anyone waiting from earlier that date

    Just do the paper application, no one seems to be getting a result from the online application. If you don't have a printer, just ask your local Intreo centre to post you one out. You can then post it back or call up to the office if they have a letterbox and pop it in there. The centres are closed to public but staff still working in there.

    I was waiting weeks on the online app, but once I submitted the paper one I had a result within 4 working days.


  • #48
    woodyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭woodyman


    I've been waiting since 20 March. When I last contacted my intreo office 2 weeks ago they told me to email the online team and gave me their email address. Were other people personally told to use the paper application or did they just send it in anyway?


  • #49
    Twee.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,721 Mod ✭✭✭✭Twee.


    I was told to do the paper application. The deciding officer said to just consider my online application lost and to apply again. Just go ahead and do the paper application.


  • #50
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,258 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Twee. wrote: »
    I was told to do the paper application. The deciding officer said to just consider my online application lost and to apply again. Just go ahead and do the paper application.

    Same here. Emailed a form, I dropped it in a few hours later and it was sorted the next day.


  • #51
    woodyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭woodyman


    Caranica wrote: »
    Same here. Emailed a form, I dropped it in a few hours later and it was sorted the next day.

    Did you meet with the officer? I've only emailed so far. AFAIK my local office (Dublin - Cork Street) is closed until further notice as they couldn't maintain social distancing.

    Also, did you get the backdated payment? I'm afraid of losing 8+ weeks of payment which would be really helpful at this stage.


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  • #52
    Twee.
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,721 Mod ✭✭✭✭Twee.


    I didn't have to meet with an officer at all. I had to supply an extra document for proof of redundancy and they just emailed me and I forwarded it over.

    Are you able to print a form or get someone to do it for you? If you're unsure of where to post it as your local office is closed maybe call the helpline?
    1890 800 024

    My first payment was backdated for the 7 weeks.


  • #53
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,258 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    Twee. wrote: »
    I didn't have to meet with an officer at all. I had to supply an extra document for proof of redundancy and they just emailed me and I forwarded it over.

    Are you able to print a form or get someone to do it for you? If you're unsure of where to post it as your local office is closed maybe call the helpline?
    1890 800 024

    My first payment was backdated for the 7 weeks.

    Same here. No meeting.

    I had put the redundancy letter in with the form so they had all the info. Like Twee I got the backdated payment, no problems.

    Supposed to sign on in August if still unemployed. I really hope not to be.


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