When You’ll get your first Payment

When you can get JobSeeker Payment is based upon your situations. There may be some waiting periods that impact how soon you can get your very first payment.

What you need to do before you get paid

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

When you’ll earn money

Most of the times, you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we approve your claim You might have to wait if any waiting durations use. Once your payment starts, we’ll pay you fortnightly.

We compute the waiting period that applies to you when we examine your claim. The time it takes us to examine your claim does not impact your waiting duration. You can to hear from us within 21 days of submitting your claim.

If your Centrelink online account is linked to myGov, you can examine your finished claim online. Sign in now to learn:

– when we have actually accepted your claim.

– when your payment will start

– when you need to report your earnings

– when your 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 might need to wait

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

You have cost savings or other money

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

You got a lump sum payment when you completed work

If your employer paid you a lump sum as either:

– annual leave

– a redundancy when you left.

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

You just recently completed seasonal work

If you or your partner finished seasonal, agreement or intermittent work in the 6 months before declaring. The time you require to wait depends on 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’ve recently arrived in Australia as a citizen, you might need to wait up to 4 years to qualify. Check out the newly arrived citizen’s waiting period.

You’ve had a settlement payment

If you have actually had a lump sum compensation payment. The time you have to wait depends on how much your lump sum payment is. Use our payment estimator employment or phone us on your routine payment line for info about your settlement preclusion period.

We have ideas and tools for budgeting and managing your cash throughout this time.

What you need to do to get your very first JobSeeker Payment, just how much you’ll get and employment who to call about mutual commitment requirements.

You may have to await a week before your payment starts. We will let you know when you declare if this uses to you.