When You’ll get your first Payment

When you can get JobSeeker Payment is based on your circumstances. There may be some waiting durations that affect how soon you can get your first payment.

What you need to do before you get paid

You’ll need to finish your preliminary tasks and report your earnings before we can make your first payment. Check out new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you’ll earn money

In many cases, you’ll get your very first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we authorize your claim You may need to wait if any waiting durations use. 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 examine your claim doesn’t impact your waiting period. You can expect to speak with us within 21 days of submitting your claim.

If your Centrelink online account is connected to myGov, employment you can inspect your finished claim online. Sign in now to discover:

– when we’ve accepted your claim.

– when your payment will start

– when you require 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 may have to wait

Some individuals will have a one week normal waiting period. In some situations, you may need to wait on your first payment.

You have savings or other money

If you or your partner have liquid assets over specific limits, you might have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid possessions are any funds easily available to you or your partner. This includes cash owed by your or your partner’s employer. Read about liquid properties waiting periods.

You got a swelling amount payment when you completed work

If your company paid you a swelling amount as either:

– yearly leave

– a redundancy when you left.

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

You recently ended up seasonal work

If you or your partner ended up seasonal, contract or intermittent work in the 6 months before declaring. The time you need to wait depends upon just how much you earned and the length of time you were working. Check out the seasonal work preclusion duration.

You’re new to Australia

If you’ve recently arrived in as a resident, employment you may have to wait up to 4 years to qualify. Read about the freshly arrived homeowner’s waiting duration.

You’ve had a compensation payment

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

We have pointers and tools for employment budgeting and handling your cash throughout this time.

What you require to do to get your very first JobSeeker Payment, how much you’ll get and who to get in touch with about shared commitment requirements.

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