How to apply for New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (New Style JSA)
How to apply for New Style Jobseeker's Allowance (New Style JSA)
What is New Style Jobseekers Allowance (New Style JSA)?
New Style JSA is the name of a benefit that some people who are looking for work can get.
The money is to help to pay for your living costs when you are looking for work. Living costs include things like rent Rent is the money that you pay to live in your home when you have a tenancy agreement. Your home belongs to a landlord, but you have a right to live there as long as you follow the rules that are in your tenancy agreement. , food and bills.
Some people get a benefit called income Income is all the money you get from things like paid jobs and government benefits. -related Jobseekers Allowance.
You can not make a new claim for income-related Jobseekers Allowance.
This Easy Read tells you how to apply for New Style JSA
Step 1: Check that you can get New Style JSA
To see if you could get New Style JSA, read our What is New Style Jobseekers Allowance? Easy Read page.
Step 2: Make sure you have everything you will need
Before you apply for New Style JSA, you will need to know:
- your name, address and telephone number
- your date of birth
- your
National Insurance
National Insurance is a type of tax. It is money that is taken out of the money you earn each month. You pay National Insurance so that you can get a pension when you are older.
number if you have one
You can find your National Insurance number on any letters you have had about your
tax
Tax is the money that pays for things like schools, hospitals and the police. There are different types of taxes like income tax, VAT and council tax.
, pensions or benefits.
- your bank or building society account number and sort code
- information about your work in the last 6 months.
For example, the name of the person or company you worked for, their contact details and the dates you worked for them.
If you get any money from a pension, you will need to have a letter which shows how much money you have been paid from the pension.
Step 3: Apply for New Style JSA
You can apply for New Style JSA online or by phone.
If you want to claim by phone, contact Jobcentre Plus:
- Phone: 0800 055 6688
- Textphone: 0800 023 4888
- Relay UK: 18001 then 0800 055 6688
Relay UK is for people who cannot hear or speak on the phone.
You can contact Jobcentre Plus Monday to Friday 8am-5pm.
What happens after you have applied for New Style JSA?
After you apply for New Style JSA, the Department for Work and Pensions The Department for Work and Pensions is sometimes called the DWP. It is part of the government and manages payments and benefits like Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Employment and Support Allowance, and Income Support. ( DWP DWP stands for the government Department for Work and Pensions. ) will contact you in the next 2 weeks.
They will:
- invite you to a meeting at your local Jobcentreplus
or
- tell you that you cannot get New Style JSA.
To find out what will happen at the meeting at your local Jobcentreplus, read our New Style Jobseekers Allowance Jobcentreplus meeting Easy Read page.
This Easy Read Easy Read is a way of making written information easier to understand. Pictures are usually added next to the writing. was first published in April 2024.