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England This advice applies to England: England home Advice can vary depending on where you live. Next steps Find out how to claim new style JSA. You cannot sign on outside term-time, such as during the summer holidays unless you are a mature student. However, once you have finished college permanently you can claim a jobseeker's payment if you cannot find work. This is also the case if you leave college without finishing your course.
The DSP has a fast-tracking system for people who sign off JA to take up work for a short period of up to 12 weeks or to go on a short training course lasting up to 12 weeks. You must inform your Intreo Centre or local Social Welfare branch office before you start work or training.
Your Rent Supplement can also be suspended for up to 12 weeks. If you were getting an age-related reduced rate of JA and you take part in a course of education, training or an employment support scheme the appropriate personal rate of payment applicable to that course or scheme will apply as long as you are aged under When you complete the course you will go back to your previous age-related JA rate.
Any means you have are deducted from this rate. Your payment can be reduced if you do not attend meetings when the DSP asks you to. It can also be reduced if you do not take part in an appropriate employment support scheme, work experience or training. You can find out more in our document about penalties for not meeting the conditions of your jobseeker's payment. If you qualify for JA, you get an amount for yourself, which is called the personal rate of payment.
You may also get an increase in your payment for an adult dependant and any child dependants. A child dependant is usually a child up to 18 years of age who lives with you. If you and your partner are both getting a social welfare payment, you will each get a half-rate IQC. The means test will assess their income from the scheme in the same way as income from a job where they pay PRSI. If your spouse, civil partner or cohabitant is getting a social welfare payment in his or her own right with some exceptions or is on a Further Education and Training FET course or VTOS course and getting an allowance you will not get an IQA, but you will get a half-rate increase for any qualified children.
If you live with a person aged 16 or over who is caring for your child dependant, you may be able to get an IQA for them. To apply for this IQA, you must be single, widowed, divorced, separated, a former civil partner or not living with your civil partner.
You collect your JA payment every week, from your nearest post office. You must bring valid photo ID with you to collect it. This can be your:. You should apply for Jobseeker's Allowance the first day you become unemployed. It is important to apply on the first day you become unemployed because you will not get paid for the first 3 days of your claim. If you make a late claim , it may be backdated if you provide good evidence for the delay.
More information is available in our document about signing on for the first time. If you think you have been wrongly refused Jobseeker's Allowance you can appeal the decision to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. You can apply for JA online at mywelfare. After you log in, it will ask you to give some personal and financial information, as well as details of your employment, training and education history.
If your HA is not shown please select other from the list below. To register please select your Citizen's Advice Bureau from the list below and enter your work email address which normally ends.
Contribution-based Jobseekers Allowance is paid for up to 6 months, but only if you paid enough Class 1 National Insurance contributions when you were working. You can get it even if your partner works or if you have savings. The calculator can not work out if you are entitled to contribution-based JSA. It can also top-up contribution-based JSA. It can be paid for as long as you keep meeting the rules for it. Register Login. Enter your email address or username. Enter your password Password was successfully restored.
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