How to apply for a A Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card

s450

Hello everybody,
I have been on JSA for more then 3 months and as far as I could understand from the website of tfl

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14423.aspx

if you're 25 or over and have been unemployed for three to 12 months
you ca apply for such a card

Now, I would like to apply for it in a written form.
Is there anybody here who applied for this discount card? If yes, what could I write in my application?
Any suggestions?
Regards

wealdroam

s450 wrote: »

Hello everybody,
I have been on JSA for more then 3 months and as far as I could understand from the website of tfl

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/14423.aspx

if you're 25 or over and have been unemployed for three to 12 months
you ca apply for such a card

Now, I would like to apply for it in a written form.
Is there anybody here who applied for this discount card? If yes, what could I write in my application?
Any suggestions?
Regards

From the link you supplied, click on How do I apply?

Then you will see:

How do I apply?
You need to go to your local Jobcentre Plus to apply for a Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card.

s450

wealdroam wrote: »

From the link you supplied, click on How do I apply?

Then you will see:

:-) of course I know it!
What I ment was:
since I would like to make the application in a written form, i was wondering what I could write in.
I was thinkg something like:

Dear Mr X


I would hereby like to apply for the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card.
According to the information extracted from the TFL (Transport for London) website the eligibility for this application starts when being unemployed and on Jobseeker's Allowance for a period of 3 months.
This makes me eligible, therefore I would really appreciate it if you could be so kind as to approve my application.
Yours sincerely,
Mister Y

wealdroam

Book an appointment with your jobcentre advisor specifically about this.

Take two passport sized photos with you.

Sorry, but my understanding is that you need to apply in person.
Probably why my earlier quote says:

You need to go to your local Jobcentre Plus to apply for a Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card.

s450

Yes, personally but with a written form.
black on white is always better, isn't it?
Oh yes, two pics.

wealdroam

s450 wrote: »

Yes, personally but with a written form.
black on white is always better, isn't it?
Oh yes, two pics.

Your advisor will supply the form and fill it in with you.

This FOI request may help:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/transport_for_london_jobcentre_p

s450

wealdroam wrote: »

Your advisor will supply the form and fill it in with you.

This FOI request may help:

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/transport_for_london_jobcentre_p

Thank you..but now I am a bit confused:
here is written that you must between 6 and 12 month unemployes in order to be eligible
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/97132/response/241152/attach/3/Jobcentre%20Plus%20Travel%20Discount%20Card.pdf


but on the website of TFL is written betwenn 3 and 12..
what of these two sources is reliable?

wealdroam

s450 wrote: »

Thank you..but now I am a bit confused:
here is written that you must between 6 and 12 month unemployes in order to be eligible
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/97132/response/241152/attach/3/Jobcentre%20Plus%20Travel%20Discount%20Card.pdf


but on the website of TFL is written betwenn 3 and 12..
what of these two sources is reliable?

That FOI info is nearly two years old.

These things change.

s450

Well.
I have prepared an application in written form.
I hope my agent will approve it.

s450

So, for those who live in London and need an Oystercard Discount Card.
You have to be on JSA at least for 3 months and - above all - you have to prove that you have been travelling to the city for job interview or like in my case for marketing research for I have been preparing my business plan.
Because your agent has to justify why are did he/she approve your application.
My agent gave me a new appointment for next week to forward my application :j

306chris

I had one of these earlier in the year. I just asked at my jobcentre.

TBH I thought that the scheme ended ages ago, well it did in the North West.