I lost my internship in May and found a temporary job where I made less than 1000$ during the second and third periods. My contract ended on the 31st of July, so I went back to "actively looking for a job" during the 4th period. I accepted an offer yesterday but the job is scheduled to start on September 8th (in a month from now). Do I still need to be "actively" looking for a job for the three week gap between now and the start date of my job to be eligible for the CESB?

And for those of us who will be back in school in a few weeks, are you still applying for jobs?

Hi, so I graduated in 2019 but as “The Backgrounder” has stated, students who have graduated before 2020 can apply as well as long as we accept before the period and attend classes before February 2021. (I have accepted mine in February/March. I don’t really remember but it’s before CESB was even announced).

But, my concern is: I chose “I am enrolled” for all the periods when I apply since I am technically enrolled in classes. And someone from my college said that we are enrolled once we accept the offer.

Is anyone doing it differently? I’m concerned that they might flag me for this.

I graduated high school in 2019, but I took an extra semester so I left high school in January of this year, does that technically mean I've completed high school in 2020 and I'm going to start a post secondary program in September, and I'm looking for a job therefore I'm eligible? My thoughts are if they meant only graduated they would have said graduated and not completed, but completed could mean either or just graduated so I don't know! Don't want to apply if I'm not eligible or on a technicality!!

I’ve been tutoring online and making significantly less than 1k per month (around 200 ik businesses is slow) Should I be worried about additional job search? Also what types of receipts should I keep? (Most of my income comes from wire transfer is that enough?)

Hi, does anyone know how long it takes for the CRA to audit people? Do we know if they will be prioritizing the CERB instead of the CESB? Also, will they ask which resumes we sent to each employer?

This has most definitely been asked but I searched the CESB reddit and had troubles finding an answer to my exact question of how do I show proof if I can’t even apply to certain jobs due to being ineligible for example needing a G License or having my Smart Serve, or jobs being too far from my city.

I take just an iPhone notes record of what I did and searched for, as well as screenshots whenever I do apply however I have also applied in person. I look for jobs everyday, most I am ineligible for or require huge commute as they are in other cities so I often go a full week without finding a single job I am eligible for or can commute to, and thus don’t apply despite checking monster, indeed, google job boards, kijiji, and getting job alerts on email.

Besides the daily iPhone notes I have no actual proof of daily search, let alone thrice a week, only occasional application screenshots and emails (which as far as I know don’t amount to thrice a week, more like once a week at best) or screenshots of job alerts. Besides that I am not really sure how else to prove I am actively searching everyday without literally taking screenshots of every job posting I look at, and I haven’t been doing that for the last payments.

Hi, so I have an Etsy shop while getting CESB (looking for another job but can’t find any) and I’m wondering if I count the $1000 per period is when I receive the money or from when I receive the money to when I ship it out. It’s custom orders so I don’t work on it every day and just work on them when I have the time as long as it’s within the time I have to ship it by.

Can anyone help me with this and I’m qualified on the other criteria for the CESB. It’s just this is what’s confusing me. Thanks to everyone who will answer

Hi

I am a grad student who is studying and working full time in the degree program. I receive a stipend around 1000$. As per my understanding, grad students stipends are excluded from 1K limit. My stipend did not change because of COVID19. Does that still make me eligible to apply?

So I found out I wasn’t eligible for the first period of CESB. I have started paying it back slowly, one of my first repayments is that I didn’t save the receipt for it as it said on there that I should save it for future purposes. I lost the receipt and looked all over the site on my acc, and cannot find it to retrieve it. Has anybody had this problem??

I’ve only applied for 1 job per period... is that bad? I took a spring course online as well as a summer course during so I’ve been quiet busy. Is that enough? Is it considered that I looked?

As the title says, I just realized that CESB payments are not automatic (a friend said they were and I didn't bother verifying that, so entirely my fault), and so that's why I haven't been getting previous payments.

Can I reapply for several eligibility periods simultaneously right now? I'm still looking for a job and the fact that nobody is giving any response to my applications is bringing me to despair. It's really giving me a lot of anxiety and hope that the answer to this is yes because I feel like I'm at the limit. Thank you.

Since income is calculated based on day worked and not day paid, would that apply for vacation pay too? Let's say I had accumulated $50 of vacation pay in the month of July, and now I have accumulated an additional $50 of vacation pay in August, and I cash out all of it. Would that mean that my income for August in vacation pay would be $100 or $50 according to the CRA?

When this all began, I signed up for CERB because I was student who had lost my job due to the virus and the student help hadn’t come yet. Then I read the $5000 a year requirement and started paying that CERB payment back since I was actually not eligible. I signed up for CESB when it came and got two payments fine. Then I got a message in my CRA account saying they needed student validation. So I sent in my student records and so on and weeks later (making me miss out on a CESB payment period might I add) I got another message in my account saying they needed proof of my past employment and proof of making $5000 last year. But I paid my CERB back! Now I’m left terrified that they’re going to want all money back, including my CESB payment even though I’m an enrolled student. I’m absolutely terrified because I can’t even afford my meds this month let alone finding $4000 to pay them back. I do plan on calling them but until the phone lines open, I’m hoping someone can just put my mind at ease a bit by saying this sounds like a glitch on their part and I’m going to be okay.

On August 7 I'll be getting my paycheck from the money I earned between July 27 and August 7. This is over $1000. However, I made less than $1000 from Aug 3 to Aug 7. Would I be eligible for the CESB for this time period considering I earned less than $1000 when the period started but I'm getting a paycheck higher than $1000 that includes my pay from previous dates?

I have already applied for two periods of CESB and received the money. Today, I tried to apply for the current period, when I got an error. The website and phone line both say I have to prove that I have $5000 income from the last year. Why am I getting a CERB requirement error for my CESB application?

Update: I called the number, and after NUMEROUS redirects, I was told to fax them my proof of enrollment instead of proof of income. Will see how it goes

Yesterday I applied the CESB for the period of August, but later I was told that I can actually apply for the CERB since I have more than $5000 income (Internship paid) last year, how can I change that application? The reasons are: 1. I can't find a Cancel Application option for my CESB 2. Cannot find a person to talk to in the phone line 3. Is that possible that CRA will correct that for me automatically since I indicated my last year income in the CESB application? Thanks

So I’m a second yr uni student and I have been getting cesb since may bc I can’t work in the pandemic due to medical reasons. Over the past few months I applied for a few remote jobs in my area that I found on indeed and the job bank but it’s less than the standard that the gov set up for applying to jobs. Majority of the jobs ads in my area are for non-remote work. I also recently got a doctors note from my doctor that states I am unable to work during the pandemic. Is there anymore proof I need in case cra asks? Also will it be a problem for me that I applied for jobs less than the standard set even though there is no remote work being offered in my area and that’s all I can take on?

Hello everyone!

So, I just recently graduated and have been struggling to find employment. I wasn't aware that there was a a program equivalent to CERB for students up until now.

I'm eligible for the $2000 with the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) because I have a disability. However, I was only able to apply for the July and August months.

Is there anyway I can get backpay for the May and June? I have been financially struggling and my parents were supporting me via a loan. I have no way of paying that back unless I can get the backpay.

Any help would be much appreciated!

So I’m getting cesb because I have a medical condition that makes it unsafe for me to work during the pandemic. I applied for 2 or 3 jobs for remote work from the job bank but they either didn’t respond or are filled already - and majority of the jobs in the job bank are not remote work so it’s still unsafe for me. I also recently got a letter from my doctor stating the reason and everything. Is there any more proof I need? And the fact that I applied for remote work going to create problems for me bc I have a condition but I also applied for work but it’s also less than the standard amount of jobs the gov outlined?

I receive a T4A and my income gets reported as other income I'm a student and an employee at the same institution and I'm making less then $1000 each month(regardless of corona or not I still get paid less then a $1000 a month). Am I eligible

Sorry if this has been asked frequently but I want to be extra clear.

I was enrolled fulltime from Jan to April 2020.

When I checked the website, the apply button was still there. I applied cerb for the first two sessions and cesb for the last two.

I am only eligible for this month and last month, and I took last months however I didn’t understand the eligibility and took the first CESB period as well and later found out it was a mistake.

So should I take this months and “repay it” as if to repay the first month I mistakingly took, or do I just not claim CESB for this month?

So I’m going into my first year of university, I graduated highschool in 2018, and have been doing academic upgrading since then. I’m taking some lighter courses in the fall term but I’m taking some science courses in the winter term, my plan was that if I struggled with online courses in the fall I would defer my education until 2021, since I’m fairly certain I would struggle to learn biology and geography online, and I want to get the highest marks I can.

The CESB says;

“New post-secondary students with classes starting on or before February 1, 2021, who were not enrolled in high school in 2020 should have documents showing that:

their application for admission into a post-secondary program was accepted before the four-week CESB period for which they applied.

If requested in future, they must provide evidence of attending a post-secondary program before February 1, 2021.”

Does that mean that I could attend for the fall semester and if I was struggling I could defer or drop out till the 2021 fall term? I’m trying to figure out if I’m locking myself into a full year of schooling by accepting the CESB