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Claiming job seekers

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
edited March 27 in Work & Study
Hi,

I never thought I would need to ask this but I guess there is a first time for everything.

I am jobless at the moment and a family member mentioned claiming job seekers allowance. I'm visiting family at the moment and moving to Reading with a friend very shortly where I will visit the job centre- however I wondered if anyone else had done this once leaving uni? Do we have to be out for so long?

Thanks, Steve.
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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You'll spend most of your life paying tax, so claim the money whilst it's on offer. I did it until my wife's earnings took us over the threshold; they counted her student loan as income but wouldn't take my income into account for her student loan.

    You can claim it once you've officially left Uni, but not before.
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    When I quit Uni I left in October, and I think I was claiming JSA by the November, so there's no time limit AFAIK.

    After three months they were going to make me take an "aptitude test" to ensure that I wasn't entirely braindead, but I got a job a week before that deadline :D
    Not sure if that's just a Wales thing, because I know people who have been on JSA for longer than three months and not had to do that.
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