When You’ll get your first Payment

When you can get JobSeeker Payment is based on your scenarios. There may be some waiting periods that affect how quickly you can get your first payment.

What you require to do before you make money

You’ll require to complete your preliminary tasks and report your earnings before we can make your very first payment. Check out brand-new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you’ll get paid

For employment the most part, you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we authorize your claim You may need to wait if any waiting periods use. Once your payment starts, we’ll pay you fortnightly.

We determine the waiting period that uses to you when we evaluate your claim. The time it takes us to evaluate your claim does not impact your waiting period. You can anticipate to speak with us within 21 days of sending your claim.

If your Centrelink online account is connected to myGov, you can check your completed claim online. Check in now to learn:

– when we’ve accepted your claim.

– when your payment will begin

– when you need to report your earnings

– when your first earnings report is due.

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You’ll require to report your earnings before we can make your first payment.

Why you might need to wait

Some individuals will have a one week ordinary waiting period. In some scenarios, you may have to wait for employment your very first payment.

You have cost savings or other cash

If you or your partner have liquid properties over certain limitations, you might need to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid properties are any funds readily offered to you or employment your partner. This consists of money owed by your or your partner’s company. Read about liquid properties waiting durations.

You got a lump amount payment when you ended up work

If your employer paid you a swelling sum as either:

– annual leave

– a redundancy when you left.

The time you need to wait is relative to the lump sum payment. Check out income upkeep periods.

You recently ended up seasonal work

If you or employment your partner ended up seasonal, contract or employment periodic work in the 6 months before declaring. The time you need to wait depends on just how much you earned and how long you were working. Read about the seasonal work preclusion duration.

You’re brand-new to Australia

If you have actually recently arrived in Australia as a local, you might have to wait approximately 4 years to qualify. Read about the freshly gotten here citizen’s waiting period.

You’ve had a settlement payment

If you have actually had a swelling amount compensation payment. The time you have to wait depends on how much your lump amount payment is. Use our compensation estimator or phone us on your line for details about your settlement preclusion duration.

We have ideas and tools for budgeting and handling your money throughout this time.

What you require to do to get your first JobSeeker Payment, how much you’ll get and who to contact about mutual responsibility requirements.

You may have to await a week before your payment begins. We will let you know when you claim if this applies to you.