Got a interview but cant get there! :(

flightboy

jamespir wrote: »

the job centre can pay for you to travel to the interview if you pop into them and fill in the form

They only pay you AFTER the intervoew when you return, i gave them the guys name and num so they could check i had a interview and but they said still i can only claim it after

WASHER

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/Programmesandservices/015154.xml.html

Info on how you can get travel to interview paid by job centre.

jamespir

flightboy wrote: »

They only pay you AFTER the intervoew when you return, i gave them the guys name and num so they could check i had a interview and but they said still i can only claim it after

my job centre always gives it before strange

flightboy

dmg24 wrote: »

Is there anything you can stick on ebay? You would be amazed how quickly things can sell!

Money for clothing at the JCP is usually through vouchers, you will not get the cash. Please do not be tempted to apply for a crisis loan and state it is for other purposes - you'll only end up in trouble!

Yep dont worry i need £11 for a bus fare i dont want to defraud and take peoples money. This is the first time i have been jobless since i was sixteen and the JC really makes it harder to get the help they talk so much about

pinkshoes

£11????????????????

For £7, you can ride the bus all day round the whole of Oxfordshire.

Are you sure there's no cheaper travel method? Where from and where to? Can you travel to somewhere cheaper, then cycle? (taking bike on train)

flightboy

pinkshoes wrote: »

£11????????????????

For £7, you can ride the bus all day round the whole of Oxfordshire.

Are you sure there's no cheaper travel method? Where from and where to? Can you travel to somewhere cheaper, then cycle? (taking bike on train)

Stansted airport route with firstbus. There used to be a cheaper £8 bus but that was stopped before christmas as BAA stansted didnt want to sub it

flightboy

WASHER wrote: »

http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/Customers/Programmesandservices/015154.xml.html

Info on how you can get travel to interview paid by job centre.

Thanks washer i might re ring JC and mention this tho if i go via train ill have to go london - stansted

WASHER

jamespir wrote: »

my job centre always gives it before strange

it is strange, because the link i've posted also indicates you can get help before you go.

OP, I think you should try again, the person you spoke to at the job centre may have got it wrong.

Oldernotwiser

Why can't you hitch?

clb776

its confusing, it says they need to check you are going to an interview and then if you dont turn up you will have to pay it back (fair enough), but then it says that you must claim within 4 weeks of attending the interview, to get your travel costs back so which one is it?

Who can use the travel-to-interview scheme

Jobcentre Plus can’t pay for all interviews, the travel-to-interview scheme has the following rules:

• you must be out of work and on benefit
• you must have been invited to go to an interview for an exact job
• you must have been living in your area for at least four weeks
• the interview must be in the UK
• the interview must be outside your local area (check with Jobcentre Plus if you are not sure)
• the interview must be for a job that will be for 16 hours or more a week and will last more than three months

You can only get help if you go to the job interview. A check will be made with the person you meet that you actually went to the interview.
If you don’t go, you will be expected to pay back any costs you have been paid.
How it works

You must apply for help with costs before you go to your interview. Your Jobcentre Plus adviser will have to check some things with the person you are meeting so they can decide if they can help you.
If Jobcentre Plus agree to pay back your travel costs, you must ask for the refund within four weeks of your interview.