When You’ll get your first Payment

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

What you need to do before you earn money

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

When you’ll get paid

Most of the times, employment you’ll get your first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we approve your claim You might have to wait if any waiting periods apply. Once your payment begins, employment 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 evaluate your claim does not affect your waiting duration. You can expect to hear from us within 21 days of submitting your claim.

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

– when we have actually accepted your claim.

– when your payment will begin

– when you require to report your earnings

– when your very first income report is due.

Check in to myGov

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

Why you might have to wait

Some people will have a one week common waiting duration. In some scenarios, you may need to await your first payment.

You have savings or other money

If you or employment your partner have liquid possessions over certain limitations, you might have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid possessions are any funds easily available to you or employment your partner. This includes money owed by your or your partner’s company. Check out liquid possessions waiting durations.

You got a lump amount when you completed 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 just recently ended up seasonal work

If you or your partner completed seasonal, contract or intermittent work in the 6 months before claiming. The time you require to wait depends upon how much you made and the length of time 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 up to 4 years to qualify. Check out the newly gotten here homeowner’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 just how much your lump amount payment is. Use our settlement estimator or phone us on your regular payment line for employment details about your payment preclusion duration.

We have suggestions and tools for budgeting and handling your money during this time.

What you need to do to get your first JobSeeker Payment, employment just how much you’ll get and who to get in touch with about mutual obligation requirements.

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