Anyone else still waiting on SUSI Grant?

Just sent in my Final Course Acceptance form. Does that mean that I'm pretty likely to get the grant? Is there any harm in entering my bank details now?

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clonadlad wrote: »

Just sent in my Final Course Acceptance form. Does that mean that I'm pretty likely to get the grant? Is there any harm in entering my bank details now?

Wait until you get the award, Shouldnt take long now

so i done the one year llb last year for which i received funding and a grant and i applied to susi this year as im doing a masters, i was rejected saying i had not completed in full post grad which i had, i appealed and it was sent to susi for review, to which i received an email from college yesterday telling me susi has provided 2000e towards fees and all my fees are due now yet i have received no letters from susi, i was told before i started this course that the likelihood of full fees being covered was high as i was on the special rate grant last year and both of my parents do not work and are on disability payments and i cannot afford my fees at all, any advice at all? i know im lucky to have received that much, just i have friends who have had their full fees covered and their parents have are much wealthier than mine

Hi all, does anyone know if this coming Friday is the next payment date, or the week after? Thanks

My experience with SUSI has ben less than satisfactory to say the least. Applied in August on behalf of my son who is still a dependant. Got a letter back a couple of weeks after that asking for supporting documentation - THIRTEEN pieces of paper in total ranging from birth certs to P21s and P60s for myself and spouse to evidence that we had two others in college. It took a while to gather all of this together so it was October before I sent it off. I got a call from SUSI on Dec 21st asking had my son gone ahead with the course as they were following up some outstanding applications.
Alarm bells should have gone off then I suppose. I left it until last week and rang to be told that there was no record of any supporting documentation and to ring again this week. I did that yesterday to be told after a long wait that they "never received" anything from me. No sorry or explanation as to why this might have happened. The staff member I spoke to offered to reprint the letter listing the paperwork they wanted but I just asked her to list it out for me on the phone. They want...

Birth cert
Junior and Leaving Cert( to prove Irish residence)
Final course acceptance form
P60 x 2 ( self and spouse)
P21 x 2 ( self and spouse)
Eveidence two other students in college - 2 letters from THEIR colleges
Pension statements x 2. ( Only ordinary occupational ones)
Other income proof ( a few quid we got from a share sale)

I have to scan all of these and email them in. Luckily my son is living at home in Dublin and we didnt have to pay the college a huge amount.
The system is a joke from beginning to end. I am firmly of the view that either it's gross incompetence that has led to delays for students or a delaying tactic to minimize the funds paid out. One pile of ducumentaion gets scanned -the other gets shredded.

Sorry you misunderstood me. SUSI phoned me on Friday Dec 21st and I took the call and spoke to them. They asked had my son gone ahead with his course as they were following up on outstanding grant applications they said. I said we had sent in all the paperwork in October. The lady who rang me said fine that was all they needed to know. There was no indication of a problem at that time.
I followed up myself then on January 9th and yesterday with calls to SUSI as we had not had any correspondance after Christmas.
It's amazing how much stuff has been "lost" from what I have heard. I have to say I have never had anything I ever sent in the post go missing. I work in an area where there is a huge amount of postal communication and I can count on one hand the amount of items that go missing to and from our office.

Kalimah wrote: »

Sorry you misunderstood me. SUSI phoned me on Friday Dec 21st and I took the call and spoke to them. They asked had my son gone ahead with his course as they were following up on outstanding grant applications they said. I said we had sent in all the paperwork in October. The lady who rang me said fine that was all they needed to know. There was no indication of a problem at that time.
I followed up myself then on January 9th and yesterday with calls to SUSI as we had not had any correspondance after Christmas.
It's amazing how much stuff has been "lost" from what I have heard. I have to say I have never had anything I ever sent in the post go missing. I work in an area where there is a huge amount of postal communication and I can count on one hand the amount of items that go missing to and from our office.

Ok apologies for the misunderstanding.

I was notified about my first installment by email the evening before it was put into my bank account.

mango salsa wrote: »

Ok apologies for the misunderstanding.

No bother! It was a very long eoic tale of woe. Hopefully it will be sorted soon.

__oc__ wrote: »

I got the same and queried about the student contribution. Was told that susi will pay it

Just got told by them there now that I'll get paid it too. Nice one!

Finally got payment. Came through a week or so after bank details were put in. Wasn't notified that it was in the bank so for anyone whos put in their details keep checking.

Also they said next Friday the 25th (last Friday of the month) is the payment date for this month

I'm so happy you have all gotten your grants. My hubby is still waiting to hear if he is approved. We got a letter last week dated the 23rd of August 2012, asking for all the information we have sent in three times. Am getting really fed up with the whole thing now. He hasn't missed a day in college and is ranking second in his class, but is there any point in him killing himself travelling and studying when we don't even know if his fees will be paid.