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When You’ll get your first Payment

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

What you require to do before you get paid

You’ll require to complete your initial tasks and report your income before we can make your very first payment. Read about new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you’ll make money

For the most part, you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we approve your claim You might need to wait if any waiting durations apply. Once your payment begins, we’ll pay you fortnightly.

We compute the waiting duration that applies to you when we evaluate your claim. The time it takes us to evaluate your claim does not impact your waiting duration. 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 inspect your completed claim online. Check in now to find out:

– when we have actually accepted your claim.

– when your payment will begin

– when you require to report your income

– when your very first income report is due.

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

Why you might need to wait

Some people will have a one week common waiting period. In some circumstances, you may have to wait for your very first payment.

You have cost savings or other money

If you or your partner have liquid assets over certain limitations, you may have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid possessions are any funds easily offered to you or your partner. This includes money owed by your or your partner’s employer. Read about liquid properties waiting durations.

You got a swelling amount payment when you completed work

If your employer paid you a lump sum as either:

– yearly leave

– a redundancy when you left.

The time you need to wait is relative to the swelling sum payment. Read about earnings maintenance periods.

You recently completed seasonal work

If you or your partner completed seasonal, contract or job intermittent work in the 6 months before declaring. The time you require to wait depends upon just how much you earned and for how long you were working. Check out the seasonal work preclusion period.

You’re new to Australia

If you have actually recently shown up in Australia as a resident, you might need to wait approximately 4 years to qualify. Check out the recently shown up citizen’s waiting duration.

You have actually had a settlement payment

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

We have suggestions and tools for job budgeting and handling your cash throughout this time.

What you require to do to get your very first JobSeeker Payment, just how much you’ll get and who to call about shared responsibility requirements.

You might have to wait for a week before your payment begins. We will let you understand when you claim if this uses to you.