Ask your work coach how much the deductions will be. If you borrow a whole month's payment make sure you keep some back to pay your rent. Rent is included in your Universal Credit payment - it isn't usually paid straight to your landlord. You can phone the Universal Credit helpline to ask for an advance payment or apply through your online account.
You can ask up to 1 month minus 3 working days after you apply for Universal Credit. Once you claim Universal Credit it will take at least 5 weeks for you to get your first payment sometimes more. So you'll need to think about how much money you'll need until your first payment. Telephone: Telephone Welsh language : Textphone: Relay UK - if you can't hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say: then You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone.
You can find out how to use video relay on YouTube. So Alice has until Monday 29 October to ask for an advance payment. If you applied for an advance on or after 12 April , you can spend up to 24 months paying it back. If you applied before then, you can spend up to 12 months paying it back. You can ask to pay it back quicker if you want to. It will help if you can give new evidence or show that your circumstances have changed since your first request. If you're struggling to get by, check what extra help you can get.
You can read more advice about getting help with your living costs. There are some steps you can take to help you reduce your debt if you've just applied for Universal Credit. You might be able to get help from your local council or an interest-free loan from the government. Find out how to get extra help. If you are self-employed, you may be entitled to JA, depending on your income from your business.
You can find out more in our document about self-employment and unemployment. Self-employed farmers on a low income can apply for Farm Assist. If you are a professional artist on JA, you can be exempt from l abour market activation for the first year that you are out of work.
This means that you do not have to show that you are looking for work. It allows professional artists who are getting JA to focus on their artistic work.
The means test looks at your income, savings, investments and property, but not your own home. However, some income is not be taken into account in the means test. A limitation applies, which means that if you are claiming JA and your partner is getting certain social welfare payments, the total amount paid to you as a couple cannot be more than the maximum amount for one person including any dependants on one social welfare payment.
Find out more in our document about how living with your parents is assessed in the means test. You may not be entitled to JA in certain situations. This is known as being disqualified. You could be disqualified from getting JA for up to 9 weeks if you:. Read more in our document about sanctions that may apply if you do not fulfil the conditions of your jobseeker's payment. If you have just left school, you cannot get Jobseeker's Allowance. To get Jobseeker's Allowance you must be at least 18 and be out of school for 3 months.
The 3 month disqualification rule does not apply to Youthreach participants. If you are a third-level student studying full-time, you cannot claim the dole JA or JB. You cannot sign on outside term-time, such as during the summer holidays unless you are a mature student. However, once you have finished college permanently you can claim a jobseeker's payment if you cannot find work. This is also the case if you leave college without finishing your course. The DSP has a fast-tracking system for people who sign off JA to take up work for a short period of up to 12 weeks or to go on a short training course lasting up to 12 weeks.
You must inform your Intreo Centre or local Social Welfare branch office before you start work or training. Your Rent Supplement can also be suspended for up to 12 weeks. If you were getting an age-related reduced rate of JA and you take part in a course of education, training or an employment support scheme the appropriate personal rate of payment applicable to that course or scheme will apply as long as you are aged under When you complete the course you will go back to your previous age-related JA rate.
Any means you have are deducted from this rate. Your payment can be reduced if you do not attend meetings when the DSP asks you to. It can also be reduced if you do not take part in an appropriate employment support scheme, work experience or training. You can find out more in our document about penalties for not meeting the conditions of your jobseeker's payment.
You will need to be prepared for a month when you get 5 wage payments in one assessment period and budget for a potential change in your monthly Universal Credit payments. If you qualify for Universal Credit again, you will continue to keep the same monthly assessment period as you had in your previous claim.
Speak to your work coach if there is a gap in your Universal Credit payments and you need help to budget and manage your money more effectively. You will need to claim Universal Credit online again. When you log in to your online account, the claim will show your circumstances on the date you last got Universal Credit. You just need to confirm that the details in your account are correct to claim again automatically. To help us improve GOV. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Cookies on GOV.
UK We use some essential cookies to make this website work. Accept additional cookies Reject additional cookies View cookies. Hide this message. Home Universal Credit Universal Credit: different earning patterns and your payments. Contents 1. Assessment period 2. Payment 3. Your earnings 4. Claiming Universal Credit within 6 months of your previous claim ending Print this page.
If waiting for your first Universal Credit payment will put you into financial difficulties, there is support available to you: an Advance Payment Personal Budgeting Support money advice Speak to your work coach if you need further information. These changes can include: finding or finishing a job changing address your rent going up or down becoming too ill to work or meet your work coach.
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