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  • 10-12-2011 12:10am
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    JD81
    Registered Users Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I am currently attending digital media as a first year mature student and have applied for the fees grant. I was sent a letter from the vec looking for me to prove i have been in the country for the last five years(which i have and have lived here all my life) after exhausting all other avenues my only option is to get a letter from the department of justice confirming lawful presence in Ireland, i have sent an email to them describing my situation but got no reply so i plan to go in next week as i have free time from college.
    My question is has anyone any experience with the dept? can i just walk in and request the letter? I hope to have this sorted by next week and would appreciate any help or direction anyone could provide.

    Thanks in advance

    Jon


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    hairyprincess
    Registered Users Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    What have you been doing for the last five years? If you were working then you could forward them copies of your P60's. Or if you were on the dole you could get a letter from the Social Welfare stating that you have been claiming a payment.


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 41,062 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    do you have no bills, letters to you, social welfare statements?

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    Gareth2011
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    VEC denied my wife her grant saying the course wasnt suitable yet other people on her course have gotten it. She appealed it and it was denied it again :mad:


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    paperclip2
    Registered Users Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭paperclip2


    Gareth2011 wrote: »
    VEC denied my wife her grant saying the course wasnt suitable yet other people on her course have gotten it. She appealed it and it was denied it again :mad:

    Gareth you could try the student support unit in Tullamore. They basically enforce policy in relation to education funding and at least they might be able to give you a bit more clarity as to why your wife was denied the grant. Tel: 057 9325317.
    It's not unknown for VEC's to make mistakes.


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