When You’ll get your very First Payment

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

What you require to do before you get paid

You’ll require to finish your initial jobs and report your earnings before we can make your very first payment. Check out new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you’ll earn money

In many cases, you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we approve your claim You may have to wait if any waiting periods use. Once your payment begins, employment we’ll pay you fortnightly.

We determine the waiting duration that uses to you when we assess your claim. The time it takes us to assess your claim doesn’t affect your waiting duration. You can expect to speak with us within 21 days of submitting your claim.

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

– when we’ve accepted your claim.

– when your payment will begin

– when you need to report your income

– when your very first earnings report is due.

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

Why you may need to wait

Some people will have a one week ordinary waiting period. In some circumstances, you may need to await your first .

You have savings or other money

If you or your partner have liquid possessions over particular limitations, you may have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid assets are any funds easily available to you or employment your partner. This consists of cash owed by your or employment your partner’s employer. Check out liquid properties waiting durations.

You got a lump sum payment when you ended up work

If your company paid you a swelling sum as either:

– annual leave

– a redundancy when you left.

The time you have to wait is relative to the swelling sum payment. Check out earnings upkeep periods.

You just recently completed seasonal work

If you or employment your partner ended up seasonal, agreement or employment intermittent operate in the 6 months before claiming. The time you require to wait depends on how much you made and for how long you were working. Read about the seasonal work preclusion duration.

You’re new to Australia

If you’ve just recently arrived in Australia as a local, you may need to wait approximately 4 years to qualify. Check out the newly arrived local’s waiting duration.

You have actually had a compensation payment

If you’ve had a swelling amount compensation payment. The time you need to wait depends upon how much your swelling amount payment is. Use our payment estimator employment or phone us on your regular payment line for information about your compensation preclusion duration.

We have ideas and tools for budgeting and managing your money during this time.

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

You may have to wait for employment a week before your payment starts. We will let you understand when you claim if this applies to you.