Signing on advice.

[purple 10]

Does anyone know the procedure to sign on and how long it takes before it's sorted?

Thanks

[Mister M 1,625]

Is this for Income Support?

[purple 10]

I'm not sure tbh

[MamboNo5 10]

Does anyone know the procedure to sign on and how long it takes before it's sorted?

Thanks

 

You can do it online. It's really easy. Step by step. You can have payments backdated as well, so even if it takes a while to sort you could be paid the difference anyway.

 

For JSA use:

 

https://www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance/overview

 

When you have filled it all in they will make you an appointment at your nearest job centre. It doesn't take all that long, depending on where you live I guess and how busy they are.

Edited April 19, 2017 by MamboNo5

[purple 10]

It's the length of the process I was curious about.Is it weeks, months...

[MamboNo5 10]

It's the length of the process I was curious about.Is it weeks, months...

 

A few weeks tops.

 

Any longer and someone screwed up.

[Anna B 1,414]

It's the length of the process I was curious about.Is it weeks, months...

 

I believe it takes about 6 to 7 weeks to come through, though things are changing all the time.

 

For a PIP claim it's about 16 weeks before you get a decision, then months waiting for an appeal date.

[purple 10]

Thanks folks!

[blackydog 40]

Out of interest, what are the rules on claiming JSA. Is there a limit to the assets you hold, eg redundancy payments or cash in the bank?

[Tek-no-logic 10]

If you have £5000 i belief it is or more in savings you can't sign on as you have money to live on, so if you got that kind of savings you don't need a few quid a week from job centre

 

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Eligible list is here https://www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance/eligibility

[cgksheff 44]

If you have sufficient NI payments from your previous employment over the last year, you can be entitled to Contributions Based JSA for the first 6 months.

This is NOT affected by savings.

 

Without sufficient contributions, you may be entitled to Income Based JSA.

This is reduced by £1 (per week) for every £250 of savings over £6,000 until £16,000 at which point, you will get nothing.

Those figures are for a single person.

[treeko1 10]

Apologies if I am wrong obviously , but isnt the general Unemployment Benefit now called Universal Credit(UC)?