sweetsammi
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Hi there, hope your final weeks of pregnancy are goin well for you all!! Has anyone had any problems with the jobcentre when it comes to claiming maternity allowance? I've been in tears with it and ripping my hair out! I asked to be paid monthly starting from 15th of this month..that day comes and goes and i hear nothing from them! I call them, they tell me they never recieved my application! Then they call me back and say i'm not entitled and that i'll get incapacity benefit instead! Then they call and say I'm entitled to MA after all but they are waiting for extra info from my employer...Finally today i have recieved a confirmation letter saying payments will start on fri! BUT they are paying me weekly for some reason despite me asking for monthly! (I need monthly as all my rent and bills come out on the same day..so need to be sure its all in there lol) So i call them and they tell me they can change it to monthly but my 1st weekly payment will still be made on fri as it has already been processed...but after that i wont recieve another payment until end of nov because i changed it to monthly!! I never got an apology or anything... i expalined my situation and they said they cant do anything and that the monthly payments are made on a different date each month..if thats the case why ask me what date i want to be paid on on the form if i cant have it anyway??! oooH these people annoy me. I dunno how im gonna pay my rent and bills next week. I had to take maternity leave early as ive had lots of complications so i havnt a penny to put to my name.Hope u all have better success with yours if your claiming it. S orry to be all miserable ladies...im an emotional wreck today xx