why 30 miles away...

[Mrs Daddy]

Hi guys:)hope everybody`s doing great in here:xxgrinning--00xx3:been to our local jobcentre plus for my national insurance number and there was a lady who worked there had given me a 0845 number to contact and when I contacted the number a woman answered it and asked me few questions and after that she told me that I will be having my interview in NOTTINGHAM:yikes::omg::doh:Brick::angry::bigcry: why on earth in NOTTINGHAM:dohI wonder is it something to do about foreigners invading uk:rolleyes:I mean coming to uk:)we have no choices but to accept it:NoNo:and after talking to her for about 20 minutes asking me if I needed an interpreter for my interview:NoNo::dohI wonder if some of you guys here experience this situation I mean we have quite a few jobe centre here to apply for NI number but they really have to send me to Nottingham:Cuckoo:well,what can I do:Erm:

[hilda_danao]

Hi Mrs. Daddy!
i was also interviewed in a jobcentre 30 miles away from our home. i asked the lady i talked with on the phone and she said the centre near us doesn't conduct interview. so, good luck to your interview. it's not really hard. they will ask you about your addresses, your names (single/married), your husband's work, birthday, your holidays, etc.
Good luck!:)

[Mrs Daddy]

hi hilda tnx for the advise girl a bit funnt coz they ask me almost everything already:)I wonder if they asked you as well if you need an interpreter?

[vbkelly]

hi hilda tnx for the advise girl a bit funnt coz they ask me almost everything already:)I wonder if they asked you as well if you need an interpreter?

that is terrible just to have an enterview in nottingham you don't live in nottingham

[hilda_danao]

Hiya mrs daddy! they didn't ask me if i need interpreter. i've been practicing my british accent very hardly since i've been here so i think the woman i talk with on the phone realized that. hehe. it's funny coz most british customers i talk with in the store where im working think i can understand them properly. sometimes i just smile, say ok, yeah...hehe.naughty. that is only when they're talking about their life that i'm not concerned about. but oopps, don't do this on your interview. :)
if it's important information you have to ask them to repeat it. :)

[hilda_danao]

by the way, don't forget to bring everything that they told you to bring. if they won't send you a letter, you must provide proof of address. Good luck again!

[Mrs Daddy]

thats correct:)from chesterfield to nottingham:doh

[hilda_danao]

yeah it's ridiculous. they just want to make our life hard. what's the use of those jobcentres in our town. but you need them so you have no choice.

[Mrs Daddy]

its not from our benefit really its theirs coz they need money form us:(

[walesrob]

Hi Mrs. Daddy!
i was also interviewed in a jobcentre 30 miles away from our home.

This is because the jobcentreplus organisation is run for the benefit of its staff, not for the people who use this service.:rolleyes: You see Government cutbacks/reorganisation have resulted in this messy system. In the UK, if something is not making money or is not viable, it will be closed, no matter how valuable the service might be, or how much it will inconvenience the user of the service.

I'm currently on JobSeekers Allowance, and my claim was done over the telephone, but I had to go to the nearest jobcentreplus for an interview, then an office 80 miles away decides on the claim. Oh, yes the letters I get about my claim get sent out from Belfast?! :doh

[joebloggs]

that is terrible just to have an enterview in nottingham you don't live in nottingham

hahahaha, they asked my wife if she needed a interpreter, thou my wife speaks better english than the interviewer. i should have asked for a interpreter so we could understand what she was saying :NoNo:, oh they let me sit in the interview with my wife, something they said they normaly don't allow.. :cwm23:

[tiger@tigress]

Hi guys:)hope everybody`s doing great in here:xxgrinning--00xx3:been to our local jobcentre plus for my national insurance number and there was a lady who worked there had given me a 0845 number to contact and when I contacted the number a woman answered it and asked me few questions and after that she told me that I will be having my interview in NOTTINGHAM:yikes::omg::doh:Brick::angry::bigcry: why on earth in NOTTINGHAM:dohI wonder is it something to do about foreigners invading uk:rolleyes:I mean coming to uk:)we have no choices but to accept it:NoNo:and after talking to her for about 20 minutes asking me if I needed an interpreter for my interview:NoNo::dohI wonder if some of you guys here experience this situation I mean we have quite a few jobe centre here to apply for NI number but they really have to send me to Nottingham:Cuckoo:well,what can I do:Erm:

When i first book for NI number they booked me 20miles away from where i live but i go to jobcentre nearby to ask if they are doing NI interview they said yes so i rebook again... and now i got my NI number :Hellooo::BouncyHappy: just waiting for the NI Card

[kentish]

If claiming benefits are the reason for getting NINO then it would have gone sooooooooooo smoothly but because its for getting a job then you will have to suffer har har har...

[eljean]

been to my NI interview last 18th of this month for two reason for child benefits and im also looking for job...hubby took a day off from work them we travel an hour by bus to get to the place and takes half an hour for interview then went back home now just waiting for my NI number to come...2 to 3 weeks they say...so goodluck:)

[andypaul]

My Wife had to go to harlseden north west london (trust me you don't wanna go there) basicaly only so many job centres do the interviews.

[bigtombowski]

Oh, yes the letters I get about my claim get sent out from Belfast?! :doh


such a hearty privelege
count yourself blessed mate :)
we are all saints here in beautiful belfast

[andypaul]

such a hearty privelege
count yourself blessed mate :)
we are all saints here in beautiful belfast

I wondered what happened to the all saints, and now i know they moved to Belfast.

[Mrs Daddy]

hhhhhmmmmm most of the messages here are complains:)I wonder if Jobcentre plus will take some time to read this!:)

[andypaul]

hhhhhmmmmm most of the messages here are complains:)I wonder if Jobcentre plus will take some time to read this!:)


You just failled your britishness test remeber the pint is half empty not half full:doh