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

What you need to do before you get paid

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

When you'll make money

Most of the times, you'll get your very first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we authorize your claim You might have to wait if any waiting periods apply. Once your payment starts, we'll pay you fortnightly.

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

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

- when we have actually accepted your claim.
- when your payment will begin
- 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 very first payment.

Why you might have to wait

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

You have cost savings or other cash

If you or your partner have liquid possessions over specific limitations, you may need 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. Read about liquid assets waiting durations.

You got a swelling sum payment when you ended up work

If your employer paid you a swelling sum as either:

- yearly leave
- a redundancy when you left.
The time you need to wait is relative to the swelling sum . Read about income maintenance periods.

You just recently completed seasonal work

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

You're new to Australia

If you've recently gotten here in Australia as a resident, you might have to wait approximately 4 years to certify. Read about the newly arrived homeowner's waiting duration.

You have actually had a settlement payment

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

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

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

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