holiday s whilst on jobseekers allowance?

laurarussell3121989

Hay there

im going on holiday in about three weeks for my bday and christmas for two and halve weeks will i loose my JSA for it
and i need to change my date from tuesdays to wednesdays will they let me coz i get 2 do voluntry in a vet practice on a tuesday and thats wen i sign on please HELP.

Laura 20

laurarussell3121989

hi there
Im going away for two and halve weeks will i loose my JSA
and i need to change my signing on dates from tuesday to wednesday because im doing voluntery work on tuesday and thats the only day i can do so will they allow that

Laura Russell 20

dmg24

If you are going overseas, your JSA will be suspended until you return. They should allow you to change your signing day, although you will not be able to stipulate what day it will be.

laurarussell3121989

Im not going over sea im seeing a family member in wales for 2 halve weeks and was hoping 2 look for a job whilst im away is that aloud.

dmg24

laurarussell3121989 wrote: »

Im not going over sea im seeing a family mmber in wales for 2 halve weeks and was hoping 2 look for a job whilst im away is that aloud.

Yep, that is fine. When you next go to sign on take the phone number and address of your relative, so you can be contacted whilst you are away.

laurarussell3121989

Thanks i sign on today so it shouldnt be a problem x

NickyBat

if you are going to Wales you can sign on down there, as for the voluntary work - tell them and they willchange your day

Elsa06

What you also need to remember is that there's 2 different types of JSA. 1 - contribution based, 2 - income based. So if you're on the 1st one, yes you could afford theoretically to pay for your holiday because you're not on benefits but claiming because you'd paid enough cojntributions through employment to allow you to do that until you found another job. With the 2nd, it's self explanatory. If you're relying on benefits to live then the chances are you can't afford to pay for your holiday and you possibly haven't enough contributions paid form previous employment.

dmg24

Could I suggest that anybody needing help on holidays whilst claiming benefits starts a new thread? This one is very jumbled!

bundly

The argument that says if you are on JSA how can you afford to go on holiday is a really silly one because...

you could have a few hundred or thousands in savings or redundancy payments OR

your "holiday" might just be paying a cheap train fare and staying free with a relative or friend OR

someone else could be paying for your holiday OR

you might have won the holiday in a competition!

Not everyone on JSA is scraping by on the breadline and friendless!