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Anyone else still waiting on SUSI Grant?

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  • #482
    jay92
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 151 ✭✭jay92


    AppleBottle wrote: »
    Usually paid out October to June. So if you have one, it would be for October and the next one will be later in November.
    Can I ask when you entered in your details? I would like an idea of how long people are waiting?

    I got my letter on Tuesday and entered the details that day. When I was on the phone last Friday, the lady told me I was approved and will get a later soon (which I did on Tuesday just gone) and I would be paid on the 23rd. I've seen people who entered theirs weeks ago and since haven't gotten a payment.

    I got my letter to enter the bank details last thursday so that would have been the 8th and I entered them the following day.


  • #483
    Bigtoe107
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 378 ✭✭Bigtoe107


    bluesea wrote: »
    What do you mean by this on the one hand you say this is the first I have heard of it and in the second line you say you already gave them a copy of your results and proof of attendance. Which is it?

    These items were requested in the initial information pack becuase I distinctly remember contacing the school to obtain a letter of attendance.

    I mean this is the first I have heard of needing my leaving results and a letter from my old school. I was originally told I only needed my degree results and proof of attendance at undergrad level. I don't see why I need my leaving results it was four years ago at this stage.

    In fairness I applied in June and I still don't know if its approved yet somebody has fcuked up and is trying to cover it methinks.


  • #484
    AppleBottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭AppleBottle


    jay92 wrote: »
    I got my letter to enter the bank details last thursday so that would have been the 8th and I entered them the following day.

    Cheers! Maybe I will get my payment next Friday like I was told!


  • #485
    JayEnnis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭JayEnnis


    Hey guys, another quick question.

    So I've been awarded

    Award: Full maintenance and 89% Fee's adjacent
    Maintenance Grant: 1,055.56

    Is that 1,055.56 for the whole year?


  • #486
    EEm
    Site Banned Posts: 154 ✭✭EEm


    Got first installment yesterday. No back date though. So relieved.


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  • #487
    DonnaMarieAva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭DonnaMarieAva


    EEm wrote: »
    Got first installment yesterday. No back date though. So relieved.

    Yeah me too!! So delighted. The nest one is due at the end of this month. Watch this space......


  • #488
    AppleBottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭AppleBottle


    JayEnnis wrote: »
    Hey guys, another quick question.

    So I've been awarded

    Award: Full maintenance and 89% Fee's adjacent
    Maintenance Grant: 1,055.56

    Is that 1,055.56 for the whole year?

    Yep, that is for the year and paid in 9 installments from October to June.


  • #489
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    Just got two messages saying thanks for submitting your documentation.

    Hopefully it's not far from being accepted


  • #490
    JayEnnis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭JayEnnis


    AppleBottle wrote: »
    Yep, that is for the year and paid in 9 installments from October to June.

    Well that's ridiculous, I got the full grant last year but had to leave in December due to some problems. And now I'm getting €116 a month when my circumstances are worse than last year?

    Edit: I realize I'm not entitled to the first instalment from last year but this is cut a lot more than that.


  • #491
    AppleBottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭AppleBottle


    JayEnnis wrote: »
    Well that's ridiculous, I got the full grant last year but had to leave in December due to some problems. And now I'm getting €116 a month when my circumstances are worse than last year?

    Edit: I realize I'm not entitled to the first instalment from last year but this is cut a lot more than that.

    If you feel that it was the wrong decision, you should appeal the it.


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  • #492
    DebiHarper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭DebiHarper


    According to SUSI there is a rep on here to answer questions " We have put a representative on boards.ie to address issues raised by applicants through this forum." Anyone know who it is?


  • #493
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,232 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    SUSI : Robbie

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=598400

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #494
    DebiHarper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭DebiHarper


    Thank you, at least the grant will be backdated,that's good to know.


  • #495
    evolutionqy7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,277 ✭✭✭evolutionqy7


    DebiHarper wrote: »
    According to SUSI there is a rep on here to answer questions " We have put a representative on boards.ie to address issues raised by applicants through this forum." Anyone know who it is?

    Who answers two random questions per week


  • #496
    Sherpamick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Sherpamick


    DebiHarper wrote: »
    According to SUSI there is a rep on here to answer questions " We have put a representative on boards.ie to address issues raised by applicants through this forum." Anyone know who it is?

    That is only to keep the Irish Media happy, in any PR disaster feed the lazy journalists first and make them believe you are doing something.


  • #497
    pauly58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭pauly58


    I have to say Robbie has been as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.


  • #498
    Sherpamick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31 ✭Sherpamick


    pauly58 wrote: »
    I have to say Robbie has been as much use as an ashtray on a motorbike.

    ....Or seat numbers on a Ryanair Flight.


  • #499
    Rynox45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭Rynox45


    Does anyone have any info on back payments?
    Robbie posted a while ago saying back payments would be made on the first month, but I got 1 month's worth as my first payment on Friday.


  • #500
    DonnaMarieAva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭DonnaMarieAva


    Rynox45 wrote: »
    Does anyone have any info on back payments?
    Robbie posted a while ago saying back payments would be made on the first month, but I got 1 month's worth as my first payment on Friday.

    The payments start from October through to June. Not September like last year. You should receive Octobers payment at the end of November. :)


  • #501
    hostal3isking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭hostal3isking


    has anyone got the special rate?
    i have yet to see anyone with the special rate i've seen people who should but no one with it


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  • #502
    DonnaMarieAva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭DonnaMarieAva


    hostal3isking wrote: »
    has anyone got the special rate?
    i have yet to see anyone with the special rate i've seen people who should but no one with it

    Hi, I got the special adjacent rate :)


  • #503
    hostal3isking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭hostal3isking


    DonnaMarieAva wrote: »
    Hi, I got the special adjacent rate :)

    you are the first what did your letter say that told you to enter your bank


  • #504
    DonnaMarieAva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭DonnaMarieAva


    hostal3isking wrote: »
    you are the first what did your letter say that told you to enter your bank

    They just said all my fees will be paid and that I have been awarded the special adjacent rate. They also told me to enter my bank details online :)


  • #505
    Rynox45
    Closed Accounts Posts: 98 ✭✭Rynox45


    DonnaMarieAva wrote: »
    The payments start from October through to June. Not September like last year. You should receive Octobers payment at the end of November. :)

    Thanks very much :)
    Mildly irritating that you know more than one of the SUSI employees :pac:

    hostal3isking wrote: »
    has anyone got the special rate?
    i have yet to see anyone with the special rate i've seen people who should but no one with it

    Yeah, I was given the non-adjacent special rate.
    On the letter they sent me it was awarded as 100% Maintenance, then had the amount for the special rate.


  • #506
    DonnaMarieAva
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 155 ✭✭DonnaMarieAva


    Rynox45 wrote: »
    Thanks very much :)
    Mildly irritating that you know more than one of the SUSI employees :pac:

    HA!! If you have any questions, I would have no problem trying to answer them!! :D


  • #507
    angelaq99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 ✭angelaq99


    DebiHarper wrote: »
    Thank you, at least the grant will be backdated,that's good to know.

    I got my first payment friday, but there was no backpay


  • #508
    hostal3isking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭hostal3isking


    i'm just disgusted that they didn't give me the spacial rate as i clear meet the qualification for be a lot, i looked over my mothers income for 2011 from her bank records and we got less than 8,000 euro for the year from one parent family payment which is two of the requirements for the spacial rate and the gave me the normal rate so it is just annoying that i have to appeal something that is clearly wrong

    edit: not to mention the special rate is equal to near 75 percent of our total income


  • #509
    pauly58
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭pauly58


    Yes, my son did finally get the special rate, first payment received Friday.
    Initially we were told by susi zero though.
    Hope more people start to get payments.

    Ours was due to the efforts of our local TD.


  • #510
    AppleBottle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭AppleBottle


    angelaq99 wrote: »
    I got my first payment friday, but there was no backpay

    You probably just got October's payment. You should get another payment this month. :)

    hostal3isking wrote: »
    i'm just disgusted that they didn't give me the spacial rate as i clear meet the qualification for be a lot, i looked over my mothers income for 2011 from her bank records and we got less than 8,000 euro for the year from one parent family payment which is two of the requirements for the spacial rate and the gave me the normal rate so it is just annoying that i have to appeal something that is clearly wrong

    edit: not to mention the special rate is equal to near 75 percent of our total income

    You should appeal the decision if you really think it was the wrong decision.


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  • #511
    hostal3isking
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34 ✭hostal3isking


    AppleBottle wrote: »
    You probably just got October's payment. You should get another payment this month. :)




    You should appeal the decision if you really think it was the wrong decision.

    already in the mail


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