JSA payment over christmas??

[youngy105]

My signing date was the 21st and I assumed funds would hit my bank yesterday as Xmas eve, technically, isn't a bank holiday. Does this mean I will receive payment on the 29th? I bank with alliance & leicester.

[emoguy]

yes 29th should be when you recieve payment, looks like i will not get mine till then which is lovely. leaving me out of money for food for 4 days. oh well

[RaeUK]

yes 29th should be when you recieve payment, looks like i will not get mine till then which is lovely. leaving me out of money for food for 4 days. oh well

 

Not so lovely! If you really are stuck - and I hope you're not! - isn't there an emergency system in place to help you?

 

Take care.

 

Rae.

[ErikaPNP]

If you are going to be without food for four days, contact the Social Work out of hours emergency number for your area. They should have contact details for the person allocated within the locality for DWP emergency payments over the festive period.

[emoguy]

ok thanks im having a look now to see if i can get any help.

 

well cant find much info on any help. but i text a mate to see if he can help.. just wait an see... typical job center .

Edited December 25, 2009 by emoguy

[ErikaPNP]

If you look up your local council's website, you should be able to get the telephone number for Social Work out of hours. They can contact their emergency contact in DWP to get a payment to you if you are in need.

[emoguy]

thanks, managed to borrow some money of a friend so all is well i guess.. will be having words with dwp when they open on tuesday

[RaeUK]

Well, whichever way you did it, I'm glad you've got something to tide you by.

[angel2010]

So my first signing date was 18th December and then I presume due to Christmas I am not due in again until 15th January, does that I mean I will (hopefully) receive one payment or two? As this will nearly be a month?

[emoguy]

as you say hopefully you will recieve 2 payments, will prop be a bit lower than 2 full payments as you lose the first 3 days of the claim, I would call them on tuesday and check how much you are due and when you will recieve the payment

[MIKEY DABODEE]

You should have had some money before Christmas you need to ring Tuesaday as Emoguy has suggested

Have they fully processed your claim

[angel2010]

I had presumed so, got my confirming my entitlement etc, the only thing is that I bank with the Halifax and they never update over weekends/christmas etc. So hopefully tues and I will ring as well.

[jenjuly82]

may other half is due to sign on friday 1st january obviously bank holidy so downt have to sign till 15th january but when will the money go in the bank from the missed sign (1st jan)??? any ideas

[DeviousVidrio]

Hi everybody,

 

I have quite a similiar question to what has already been asked.

 

I last signed on the 15th Dec and was given a slip of paper that said I did not need to sign on again until the 12th of Jan.

I was also told I would be paid twice this month.

 

The expected issue date of my second payment is 23rd Dec and the Payment for period ending is on the 29th but I still have not received the second payment! I get it straight into my bank account normally, and i'm with Barclays.

 

Any ideas? I'm a bit worried.

Thanks in advance for any help

[andydd]

Hi everybody,

 

I have quite a similiar question to what has already been asked.

 

I last signed on the 15th Dec and was given a slip of paper that said I did not need to sign on again until the 12th of Jan.

I was also told I would be paid twice this month.

 

The expected issue date of my second payment is 23rd Dec and the Payment for period ending is on the 29th but I still have not received the second payment! I get it straight into my bank account normally, and i'm with Barclays.

 

Any ideas? I'm a bit worried.

Thanks in advance for any help

 

I normally get paid on the 3rd working day after Ive signed on, so if i sign on on a weds then the money is in my bank on the monday, so if the 'release date' is the 23rd Dec, then the working days are 24th, 29th so I guess the money should appear tommorow at the earliest.

 

My 'pay day' said 23rd too, so I'm in the same boat.

 

Andy

[DeviousVidrio]

thanks for the speedy reply but the money went in just now thank god!!

happy holidays all

[somir.mona]

hi

i was due to sign on on friday 23rd december

i usually get my payment into my post office account on wednesday but was told to expect my payment on friday

i didnt actually sign on on the friday i was due to sign on because i was in custody and wasnt released until christmas eve but my mate checked my account on the 22nd, 23rd and the 24th and it wasnt there!!

has me not being in to sign on got anything to do with me not being paid??

i havent actually been able to check my post office account since 24th because its shut till tomorrow, will it be in my account when i check tomorrow??

[insyder]

Payments issued on 22nd should arrive in bank accounts on the 24th.

 

This is not right, antone. Payments issued on the Thursday won't credit until the Tuesday. If we're talking about this Christmas then it would be Thusday. Three working days, Saturday does not count.

[antone]

This is not right, antone. Payments issued on the Thursday won't credit until the Tuesday. If we're talking about this Christmas then it would be Thusday. Three working days, Saturday does not count.

 

I stand corrected. Although I wasn't actually talking about this Xmas - I made the post you responded to two years ago. Still, I think what I missed is that JSAPS doesn't actually do anything until the overnight batch run. So "three working days" does not generally include today.

[antone]

Meant to say, insyder, that we haven't seen you around in ages and your advice has been missed. You planning to stay around?

[insyder]

Hi antone,

 

Didn't notice it was a 2009 thread...

 

I'm hoping to have more time in 2012 to check out CAG more regularly. I had to do something called "life" in the last few months or so.

[homel001]

Nope im due to sign on the 24th of December.....and i rang them today and they said my money should be in on the 24th into my bank account...but it could go in earlier. They cant process the payment on the 24th as the banks are closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday this week and it takes 4 working days to go into your bank therefore it would go in 2 days late so it has to be in my bank account on the 24th x

 

I'm due to sign on the 20th of December which is a Thursday and usually get paid by the following Tuesday but it's Xmas day. Do I get paid earlier too or not? I'm just trying to work out my expenses

[unclebulgaria67]

You probably won't get paid until 27th December, as they won't release the payment until 20th Dec, if you sign on. It is then processed, with the payment going through 4 working days later, but as 4 days later will be Xmas day, it will hit your account on 27th December being the next working day. You could ask your JCP office, whether you can sign on a day earlier and then have the payment on Xmas Eve. See what they say and post back.

[homel001]

Okay thank you I will post back when I ask them on monday

[flumps1976]

The advance letters will be issued week commencing 5th December from JCP offices. These will detail when customers are due to sign over the festive period and when payments are due to credit too.