Anyone else still waiting on SUSI Grant?

I have applied for a maintenance grant from SUSI and got a letter back from them in November after the intervention of my local TD. I have been awarded a student contribution/fee grant but no maintenance.

I have entered into an add-on year this year and as I was receiving BTEA and the maintenance grant in 2009 I am entitled to the same for this academic year. I have sent an appeal which was received by SUSI on 6th of December and AIT students union are also chasing my case since early December. There has been no response to any of the communication and when I call I am told that my appeal is being assessed.

I have already had to ask my landlord to accept less rent until I get this sorted and many bills are being left to one side. I am sure I am not the only student in this postition but this is gone beyond a joke.

Has anyone had a reply regarding a similar appeal?

redrozy wrote: »

If you are in reciept of BTEA you are not entitled to the maintenance grant also

Yes but if this poster started in 2009 there is a possibility that he still is.

So last week got a confirmations that I was accepted on Favebook. Got the letter today. All happy now got re awarded everything I had for past 3 years. A long nerve wrecking 6 month process.

Good luck to the rest!

I posted this in the Grants sticky, thinking it might be better put here.

DesmondGAF wrote: »

Hey, just a quick question. I (well my family) ended up paying the first installment of fees in September, as I hadn't had my grant application received and assumed that I'd be accepted soon after. Fast-forward to now, and I'm still awaiting a grant and my second half of fees are due. Supposedly I can show a proof of application letter to my college fees office, so I won't be blocked out of the moodle/email system. Anyone know which letter will suffice as an application letter?

Mayo_Boy wrote: »

When is the next payment due?

There are dates here but I think people are also getting backdated payments on different dates

http://cdvec.ie/getattachment/Student-Supports/Grants/HIGHER-ED-PAYMENT-SCHED-2012-13-(2).pdf.aspx

i sent an appeal in and tried to see what has happend with is so far but i dont have the application number from the award letter is there anything i can do

It has been proved that the way SUSI was established it has not been efficient, I hate this phrase but will use it anyway "Not fit for purpose".

Not much good now to students under financial pressure who are still waiting for their grant in January, but I suggest now that SUSI be privatised in time for the start of the next academic year. Of course any new body will have the advantage of learning from the mistakes made on the first attempt.

Mister Jingles wrote: »

Got ''some'' good news today that I have been awarded my grant however I will have to appeal as I was meant to receive the adjacent special rate but instead received 100% full maintenance. Has anyone had any luck with appeals ?

Experienced something similar. Received special rate past three years. Refused maintenance grant initially thus year and appealed to be awarded 100% today but not special rate. Rang susi and lady on phone said it is likely a mistake was made but I'd have to appeal again. I asked about entering my bank details and was told I wasn't entitled to a maintenance grant according to the computer??? I then reminded her what we had spoke about for the last 5 minutes. Following this I asked for the web address where I should enter my details (an acknowledgment had been made again that I was entitled to something) and she didn't know and put me on hold to look it up. Incredible to be honest. Wondering has anyone else had a situation like this rectified? Nothing's shocking at this point.

a asked about my appeal on facebook and got this response

You’re appeal was upheld and your application has gone back for re-assessment, once the re-assessment process is complete, you will be sent a letter confirming the award. If you have been awarded the special rate, the money owed to you will be reimbursed to you.

so at least it is being processed sadly no idea how long that will take
still do it is better to have the fees payed and some of the grant than no grant at all

And whats really disturbing about all this is that this system is only currently handling first year students.....its totally disgusting the way they are treating these people.

Bettyboop wrote: »

One of the documents I emailed was upside down so they waited 3 weeks to tell me this.Back to the start again:mad:

Maybe they should be the ones in college and not us...

It might be a better idea to keep this thread specifically to people discussing their own cases and then to start a separate discussion about the Systemic problems with SUSI

Nicole. wrote: »

Does SUSI consider when rental properties are in debt? I've looked at the pdf and I'm not sure. My family have a rental property which is in debt (mortgage repayments), so we don't actually make any money from the property rather the opposite; we have to pay the balance of the mortgage, are there provisions for this?

We are one of the many familes who bought properties during the boom and now can't sell it and barely make ends meet on the property.

SUSI are saying that we make a few thousand from the property but we don't and we've sent in documentation saying as such but they won't listen. We've sent in an appeal but I just don't know anymore....

From the rules

Pages 24-26

http://www.studentfinance.ie/downloads/1339418623/Student_Grant_Scheme_2012.pdf

longhalloween wrote: »

I applied for the grant and in August they sent me a letter was provisionally approved.

Now, I gave that letter to the college when they were asking for fees, but I found out a few months back my grant application has been denied.

I haven't heard anything from the college in relation to paying the fees myself, and this is after 4 months of attendance.

Just wondering should I ask the admin people about it, or just let it lie and hope they forgot about me??

They won't forget.

You will probably be denied library access or results from exams