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

What you need to do before you make money

You'll require to finish your preliminary jobs and report your earnings before we can make your very first payment. Check out brand-new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you'll make money

For the most part, 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 starts, we'll pay you fortnightly.

We compute the waiting duration that applies to you when we examine your claim. The time it takes us to examine your claim doesn't impact your waiting duration. You can anticipate to speak with us within 21 days of sending your claim.

If your Centrelink online account is linked to myGov, you can inspect your completed claim online. Check in now to learn:

- when we have actually accepted your claim.
- when your payment will start
- when you require to report your earnings
- when your very first earnings report is due.
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You'll require to report your earnings before we can make your first payment.

Why you may need to wait

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

You have cost savings or other cash

If you or your partner have liquid properties over certain limitations, you may have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid properties are any funds easily available to you or your partner. This includes cash owed by your or your partner's company. Read about liquid assets waiting periods.

You got a swelling sum payment when you completed work

If your employer 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 amount payment. Read about earnings upkeep durations.

You recently completed seasonal work

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

You're brand-new to Australia

If you have actually just recently arrived in Australia as a resident, you might need to wait as much as 4 years to certify. Read about the newly arrived citizen's waiting period.

You have actually had a compensation payment

If you've had a swelling amount compensation payment. The time you have to wait depends on just how much your swelling sum payment is. Use our compensation estimator or phone us on your routine payment line for information about your settlement preclusion period.

We have suggestions and tools for budgeting and employment managing 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 contact about mutual obligation requirements.

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