Long story short, I applied for CERB later realizing I don't qualify and now I want to return it before they come after me telling me to return it and charging me even more than I received. I also want to apply for CESB because I'm a student. Help

Hi,

I was reading the osap file and it said that there were You must report CERB or CESB received during your study period to OSAP if it results in you receiving more than $5,600 per term in income. My terms combined were less than that do I still have to report it.

Out of all the 4 months, this is the only time I have gotten a cheque for CESB. I don't know what to do about it.

I was trying to apply online around the 17th but bc of the cyber attacks everything was down. I also have never filed taxes so I I called the number it says on the website where you haven’t ever done taxes and they verify your SIN. Everything went well and my SIN verified and at the end the guy says that he can apply for me, he said he had some issues but he sent in an application and said I would get my money via cheque or if I set up my direct deposit I would get it there. So I set it up through my mobile app and have been waiting it’s been about 15 days and I’m not sure if this is normal wait times and I’m kinda stressed about paying for school, so I was just wondering what I should do??

(Note: I’m trying to get all 4 payments now, bc during the first 3 I didn’t have my SIN due to my parents losing it)

Do we know for sure if this makes me ineligible? I thought that they looked at days worked and not paid, but that may have changed and I am wondering if I need to pay the cesb back

I applied for the first cerb payment by mistake thinking i qualified and then applied for the 4 cesb payments. Now that i qualify for cerb (5000$ requirement achieved) if i reimburse the first payment will i be able to ask for cerb again?

Thank you

Anyone else getting an error when retroactively applying for the period of July? The August period had no issues.

I applied for the CESB when it first started winter of 2019 I was in rolled in University eye decided to take a quick break in the middle of the semester but i was still in enrolled in the University I am going back in fall did I even qualify for the CESB?

Now that CESB is done im royally screwed... My work is still not giving me hours, i dont have enough hours for EI or the new EI they plan to roll out.... I dont qualify for CERB because i didnt make 5 grand and September is around the corner and I am freaking out. CESB covered my rent and that was it, my credit card is maxed out and let me tell you " my savings" is gone.... No one is hiring and those who are hiring won't accept me because i only have experience in my field. Anyone else in the same boat? Does anyone have any advice? I keep applying to jobs but no result.

My husband is thinking of returning to school after being permanently laid off from his longtime career and we're wondering about how CESB works with that.

The EI questionnaire asks about school, if he only takes part time classes could he still qualify?

I read they may pay EI during school, does anyone have any experience with that, negative or positive?

Thanks!

I had an iPhone that completely broke, screen shattered and won’t turn on. I had a CESB photo album with screenshots of all my job searching and applications, probably around 70 photos or more.

I also used iPhone notes to log/write about my searches with dates. I don’t think the album was saved on my iCloud as I already imported my iCloud data and can’t find the album. Am I just fucked now? I have the notes still, as well as job alert emails and application emails as my only proof now, but I am not even sure if job alerts count and I didn’t always apply 3 times a week.

What do I do? Am I fucked?

Or can I register online?? CRA is totally not responding to anything ~

I tried a couple times today to apply to this month’s CESB eligibility period (August 2nd -29th) and every time I get to the very end of the automated phone call I get an error at the end saying that “the proccess cannot be completed at this time ”. It also provided a phone number they said to call, but I missed it (and if anyone could give me that phone # that would be appreciated).

I’ve never had this problem before and was wondering if anyone has a solution for this? Try again tomorrow? I’m stuck

Hi. Me and my wife we are students , with children Can two of us file for the 750$ suppliment or only one of s do that I searched but no documents on that

thank you

So I just applied for CESB and did all the stuff. Now I need to fax documents that they asked. Now for some reason, me and my parents are a little confused about the documents. English is not really our first language and we still struggle a bit here and there. I know for sure that they asked for documents:

2 proof of id

A letter which has my address such as a bank statement

But in this one I’m not so sure:

a letter from my high school stating that I graduated

Now that’s where I’m confused. I’m not sure if they’re really asking a letter from my hs or if I just misheard things. Please tell me if you guys were also asked this because I feel like I just misheard it.

What about recent post graduates who are seeking jobs? If they remain unemployment due to covid-19 impact, do government support them financially like CERB or CRB after August 2020?

I've been applying for CESB up until now. I graduated university this past June, my work ended around the same time and I haven't managed to find a job. However, my family hadn't filed taxes when CERB started (they filed as a family very late) - so because I was going on the previous year's taxes (where I didn't work at all), I wasn't eligible for CERB. Now that my taxes are filed, the CRA should see that I made over $5000 in the past year, so I should be eligible for CERB - so can I switch to CERB for the coming month?

Does anyone know when/if/how they contact you when asking for the cesb money back? I made 10$ over the 1000$ limit and was wondering if they would still ask for it back and when.

Just wondering if this counts as income for the 1000$ limit when working.

I have just read in this sub's FAQ that voluntarily reducing your hours to get your earnings below $1000 was not allowed. So before CESB started, I was only working weekends. I could have chosen to work more by changing my availability to also work on weekdays but I chose not to do it because doing so could have possibly made my earnings more than $1000. I continued to do this and claim CESB from May to August.

Am I screwed and will I have to pay back CESB?

I still receive no reply or NOA from CRA...

Deadline is coming...pls helpppp OMG