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

What you need to do before you make money

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 get paid

In many cases, you’ll get your very first around 2 weeks after we approve your claim You may have to wait if any waiting durations apply. Once your payment starts, we’ll pay you fortnightly.

We compute the waiting duration that uses to you when we evaluate your claim. The time it takes us to evaluate your claim does not 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, you can check your finished claim online. Sign in now to learn:

- when we’ve 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 income 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 situations, you may need to wait for your first payment.

You have savings or employment other cash

If you or your partner have liquid properties over specific limitations, you may need to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid possessions are any funds readily offered to you or your partner. This consists of money owed by your or your partner’s employer. Check out liquid possessions waiting periods.

You got a swelling sum payment when you finished work

If your company paid you a swelling amount as either:

- annual leave
- a redundancy when you left.
The time you have to wait is relative to the swelling amount payment. Read about earnings maintenance durations.

You recently completed seasonal work

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

You’re brand-new to Australia

If you’ve just recently gotten here in Australia as a citizen, you might have to wait approximately 4 years to qualify. Check out the freshly gotten here homeowner’s waiting period.

You’ve had a compensation payment

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

We have ideas and tools for 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 contact about mutual commitment requirements.

You might need to wait for a week before your payment starts. We will let you know when you claim if this applies to you.