NEW FIS Claims waiting periods

bernaby · 28-03-2013 2:40pm

They said anyone before 5th of November 2012 would be sorted by the end of March. Still heard nothing!

april13 · 28-03-2013 3:07pm

bernaby wrote: »

They said anyone before 5th of November 2012 would be sorted by the end of March. Still heard nothing!

Im 25th October rang yesterday an said I shud hearin the next 10 days.that they are doing octobers now. Fingers crossed

memum30 · 09-04-2013 7:21am

Does anybody know what date they are on? Im the 25th of october any still waiting

rigu · 10-04-2013 9:10am

rigu wrote: »

I have sent my application on Tuesday 19th, letter arrived today informing me that my application has been registered in FIS section, "due to recent increase in the volume of applications for FIS, it is likely that there will be some delay in processing your claim"[/I],

good morning everyone,

I have received a letter from FIS and it said: "your spouse Job-seekers claim is suspended, please inform us when it is awarded or stopped".

I have tried to contact them by phone but to no avail, they do not answer the phone, to say that his JSA still suspended, and he has not received any payments since.

could anyone advice, or maybe know how to contact them by email.

thank you.

mp22 · 10-04-2013 11:23am

rigu wrote: »

good morning everyone,

I have received a letter from FIS and it said: "your spouse Job-seekers claim is suspended, please inform us when it is awarded or stopped".

I have tried to contact them by phone but to no avail, they do not answer the phone, to say that his JSA still suspended, and he has not received any payments since.

could anyone advice, or maybe know how to contact them by email.

thank you.

You need to send them a letter when your spouse is sorted ie signed off or payment reinstated.Keep copies of all correspondence and get proof of postage(free in the post office).

rigu · 10-04-2013 11:37am

mp22 wrote: »

You need to send them a letter when your spouse is sorted ie signed off or payment reinstated.Keep copies of all correspondence and get proof of postage(free in the post office).

does that mean that my claim won't be processed until then??/

many thank's

mp22 · 10-04-2013 12:41pm

It would appear so,going on the letter you got.

LegacyUser · 10-04-2013 2:25pm

hi all,
my employer had an inspection from employment rights agency today regarding my FIS claim. I have already been awarded FIS and recieved my back dated money and am currently receiving a weekly payment from them. I work two and a half days, amounting to 20 hrs, or so we thought! apparently you cannot include your lunch hours

this brings me down to 17 and a half hours. has this happened anyone else? my employer has said she would be happy to give me the extra hours so that I am eligible but what about all the money I have already recieved?! I'm having a mild stroke over this!!
has anyone else been in this situation? if so what was the outcome? thanks in advance

wmpdd3 · 10-04-2013 3:16pm

rigu wrote: »

good morning everyone,

I have received a letter from FIS and it said: "your spouse Job-seekers claim is suspended, please inform us when it is awarded or stopped".

I have tried to contact them by phone but to no avail, they do not answer the phone, to say that his JSA still suspended, and he has not received any payments since.

could anyone advice, or maybe know how to contact them by email.

thank you.

try: 043 3340000

fissection@welfare.ie

anytime I emailed, they called me back.

Francescoli · 10-04-2013 7:44pm

rigu wrote: »

good morning everyone,

I have received a letter from FIS and it said: "your spouse Job-seekers claim is suspended, please inform us when it is awarded or stopped".

I have tried to contact them by phone but to no avail, they do not answer the phone, to say that his JSA still suspended, and he has not received any payments since.

could anyone advice, or maybe know how to contact them by email.

thank you.

your spouse needs to sort out his jobseekers payment,tell him to get it sorted with the local social welfare office,FIS cant do anything for you until they know what is going to happen with your spouses claim(will he get a weekly payment or not).They need to know if he will receive a jobseekers payment and that's the reason there is a hold up,no real point contacting FIS until you know what's happening with the jobseekers.

Francescoli · 10-04-2013 7:51pm

hysterical wrote: »

hi all,
my employer had an inspection from employment rights agency today regarding my FIS claim. I have already been awarded FIS and recieved my back dated money and am currently receiving a weekly payment from them. I work two and a half days, amounting to 20 hrs, or so we thought! apparently you cannot include your lunch hours this brings me down to 17 and a half hours. has this happened anyone else? my employer has said she would be happy to give me the extra hours so that I am eligible but what about all the money I have already recieved?! I'm having a mild stroke over this!!
has anyone else been in this situation? if so what was the outcome? thanks in advance

You weren't doing the hours to get FIS so you will be assessed with an overpayment and will have to repay all the money you have received while you were ineligible.You would only be entitled to claim FIS from the date your hours increase.

LegacyUser · 10-04-2013 8:39pm

Francescoli wrote: »

You weren't doing the hours to get FIS so you will be assessed with an overpayment and will have to repay all the money you have received while you were ineligible.You would only be entitled to claim FIS from the date your hours increase.

thanks for replying

how do you think i will have to pay the money back? will it be a certain amount a week or will it be a case of being rewarded fis again but not actually receiving payment from them until the debt is cleared? if ya get me?

rigu · 11-04-2013 7:57am

Francescoli wrote: »

your spouse needs to sort out his jobseekers payment,tell him to get it sorted with the local social welfare office,FIS cant do anything for you until they know what is going to happen with your spouses claim(will he get a weekly payment or not).They need to know if he will receive a jobseekers payment and that's the reason there is a hold up,no real point contacting FIS until you know what's happening with the jobseekers.

Thank you Francescoli,

it is over a month now since we first went to local SW, he is asking to comeback to him every tuesday to show that my husband is looking for job, and every time he is told that a decision will be made on friday, and then om friday he is asking to come on tuesday and so on.
I don't know how long it will take, but we are struggling on 260week , with three kids, including a baby.

wmpdd3 · 11-04-2013 9:27am

tell the cwo you need a letter for fis detailing the status of his open claim. If he wont suppy this say you will pass his details on to fis so they can contact him.

Francescoli · 11-04-2013 11:07am

wmpdd3 wrote: »

tell the cwo you need a letter for fis detailing the status of his open claim. If he wont suppy this say you will pass his details on to fis so they can contact him.

Their not dealing with the cwo its their local social welfare office. FIS would have assess to all her spouses details and nothing can be done with the FIS claim until the job seekers claim is sorted because job seekers is assessable income for FIS.

wmpdd3 · 11-04-2013 12:46pm

The person deal with my FIS claim called the local Social Welfare office to find out what my partners JSA claim would amount to during the Summer when BTEA didnt apply.

Francescoli · 11-04-2013 7:55pm

wmpdd3 wrote: »

The person deal with my FIS claim called the local Social Welfare office to find out what my partners JSA claim would amount to during the Summer when BTEA didnt apply.

But thats not what is happening here.The OP's spouse has a jobseekers claim that is suspended and FIS have wrote to her to say they need to know what is happening with the jobseekers claim before they can process FIS.Rigu's spouse has to either get the jobseekers claim awarded or stopped before FIS will proceed and its up to the FIS applicant to get this sortrd.

Francescoli · 11-04-2013 7:57pm

hysterical wrote: »

thanks for replying

how do you think i will have to pay the money back? will it be a certain amount a week or will it be a case of being rewarded fis again but not actually receiving payment from them until the debt is cleared? if ya get me?

usually repay it by holding back money(if any) and setting up weekly deductions.There isn't really any waiting time with FIS anymore so most likely it would be just weekly deductions.

Going Demented · 08-05-2013 8:35pm

Applied for FIS 4th December 2012.
My partner is employed with his father for 20 years. As he worked for a relative it was sent to the social welfare inspector. He had a meeting with him about 5 weeks ago. Two weeks later another person then called to his father for documents.
Awarded FIS today only three euro less than we had calculated ourselves. So 21 weeks waiting.

How long does it usually take for back money.

Going Demented · 08-05-2013 10:56pm

Nevermind the above. It all went into the account tonight.

The New JFK · 13-05-2013 6:12pm

I have a claim in and got a call today saying because I have a Disablement Benefit claim in from work they cannot process my FIS.I was in a work accident late last year and submitted the OB21 forum.I was told by FIS dept to phone up the Disablement Benefit section as FIS cant move while this is pending.

Anybody ever experience this..?I hear the wait for the OB21 can be a long time.

LegacyUser · 13-05-2013 6:47pm

The New JFK wrote: »

I have a claim in and got a call today saying because I have a Disablement Benefit claim in from work they cannot process my FIS.I was in a work accident late last year and submitted the OB21 forum.I was told by FIS dept to phone up the Disablement Benefit section as FIS cant move while this is pending.

Anybody ever experience this..?I hear the wait for the OB21 can be a long time.

Yeah they will need to know are you going to receive a payment from Disablement Benefit because it can be accessible for FIS.If you get a once off payment its not assessed but if you are awarded a monthly amount they will have to assess it for FIS.
Only thing you can do is contact disablement section and hope they can push it through for you.

foxy06 · 19-05-2013 7:28pm

Does anyone know what the current waiting time is for new applicants?

foxy06 · 21-05-2013 4:47pm

Bump

Anto Bean · 21-05-2013 5:58pm

foxy06 wrote: »

Bump

They say less than 3 weeks.

manutd83 · 27-06-2013 6:39pm

Does anybody know how do you know they have received your file when you apply for fis, dont want to wait ages and then they say they never received it or it got lost in the post and what are the current waiting times

MaiKundi · 12-07-2013 2:54pm

They usually write to you that they have received your file.When did you apply? I received a letter from them 2 weeks after my application.

Albert X · 12-07-2013 6:06pm

It seems to be a mixed bag at the moment, some people say they get approved within 7 days, others 7 weeks.

aidole · 30-08-2013 7:04am

Hi we sent our renewal in om the 20th of August, just wondering how long you have all been waiting?

vitani · 17-09-2013 12:47am

My first payment went into my account today - there's 3 weeks worth there. I applied near the end of August.

Massive relief to have that little bit extra coming in, and glad they seem to have sorted out the problems with delays.

SCOOP 64 · 17-09-2013 10:06am

vitani wrote: »

My first payment went into my account today - there's 3 weeks worth there. I applied near the end of August.

Massive relief to have that little bit extra coming in, and glad they seem to have sorted out the problems with delays.

Thats good news, and pretty quick too, just 3 weeks payment?,
end of August claim, now 17th Sep, should it be more then 3 weeks?

vitani · 17-09-2013 12:29pm

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

Thats good news, and pretty quick too, just 3 weeks payment?,
end of August claim, now 17th Sep, should it be more then 3 weeks?

I'm still waiting for the letter to confirm, but I presume I'll get this week's on Thursday and the rest was for the first two weeks in September and last week of August.

jenhards · 08-10-2013 5:10pm

hi there does ne1 know the waitin time for new claims

jo1978 · 07-11-2013 8:59pm

jenhards wrote: »

hi there does ne1 know the waitin time for new claims

I think its 2 to 4 weeks but not 100% sure.Sent in my claim on 29th oct & recieved a letter yesterday dated 30th oct advising receipt of my application.

Hello84 · 06-02-2014 9:48pm

What is the waiting time on average now for new applicants on FIS?

LegacyUser · 06-02-2014 10:28pm

Hello84 wrote: »

What is the waiting time on average now for new applicants on FIS?

waiting time is less than 3 weeks atm.

Hello84 · 07-02-2014 11:51am

Really that soon?! I heard people would be waiting up to a year a couple of years ago

LegacyUser · 07-02-2014 1:11pm

Hello84 wrote: »

Really that soon?! I heard people would be waiting up to a year a couple of years ago

It was never that long of a wait but there was around 20 week backlog at one stage. Some people might be waiting longer if a claim goes to inspectors.

Hello84 · 07-02-2014 10:59pm

Yeah i heard about that, that was a very long time to wait. Thanks for that hopefully not waiting too long, only sent the form off early in the week. I think the inspectors call if self employed

LegacyUser · 14-04-2014 7:06pm

We applied in July 2013 and as of yet have heard nothing

SCOOP 64 · 15-04-2014 9:59am

mountainlass wrote: »

We applied in July 2013 and as of yet have heard nothing

Ring them, it shouldn't be that long.

mrsbyrne · 15-04-2014 4:25pm

mountainlass wrote: »

We applied in July 2013 and as of yet have heard nothing

They are processing claims in 3 to 4 weeks so your application must be lost. Apply again

Daliapour · 15-04-2014 9:40pm

I'm now onto week 4 waiting for a FIS payment and have just been told it may take another 3 weeks

Hello84 · 15-04-2014 10:25pm

That's a long time, it only took about 5 weeks and that was only because they needed some paperwork. You should of received a letter to say your application was received. Definitely ring them.

ameee · 16-04-2014 9:57am

Daliapour wrote: »

I'm now onto week 4 waiting for a FIS payment and have just been told it may take another 3 weeks

Same here was told yesterday another two to three weeks

they received ours on the 24th of march (we had sent it on the 15th!) And were up to tge 14th as of yesterday.

LegacyUser · 24-04-2014 3:57pm

Daliapour wrote: »

I'm now onto week 4 waiting for a FIS payment and have just been told it may take another 3 weeks

Daliapour when did u apply??

Hennesm · 20-05-2014 5:45pm

I applied at the end of March. They sent me a letter on the 4 April. I called them today to see how long it would take and I was told that my claim had been decided today! Am delighted . They said I would get a letter confirming it . Does anyone have a rough idea as to when I might get my first payment and/ or is the payment back dated. Thanks

ameee · 21-05-2014 1:10pm

You will probably get it tomorrow as fis is paid on thursday. I got my arrears with the first payment.

Hennesm · 21-05-2014 4:03pm

Thanks ammeee. I got a letter today saying the first payment is tomorrow and the arrears will follow. Would be great if it all came tomorrow as the car has just decided to give up!

ameee · 21-05-2014 5:22pm

Hopefully it will all arrive together my first payment and arrears were in the bank two days before the letter arrived

NEW FIS Claims waiting periods

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