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

What you require to do before you make money

You'll need to finish your initial jobs and report your earnings before we can make your first payment. Read about new to JobSeeker Payment.

When you'll make money

In the majority of cases, you'll get your very first JobSeeker Payment around 2 weeks after we authorize your claim You might need to wait if any waiting durations apply. Once your payment starts, we'll pay you fortnightly.

We calculate the waiting duration that uses 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, you can check your finished claim online. Check in now to discover:

- when we've accepted your claim.
- when your payment will begin
- when you need to report your income
- when your first is due.
Check in to myGov

You'll need to report your income before we can make your very first payment.

Why you might have to wait

Some individuals will have a one week normal waiting duration. In some scenarios, you may have to wait for your first payment.

You have savings or other money

If you or your partner have liquid possessions over particular limits, you may have to wait 1 to 13 weeks. Liquid properties are any funds readily available to you or visualchemy.gallery your partner. This includes cash owed by your or your partner's company. Read about liquid properties waiting durations.

You got a swelling amount payment when you completed 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 upkeep durations.

You just recently ended up seasonal work

If you or your partner completed seasonal, agreement or periodic work in the 6 months before claiming. The time you need to wait depends on how much you earned and for how long you were working. Check out the seasonal work preclusion period.

You're new to Australia

If you've just recently shown up in Australia as a local, you may have to wait as much as 4 years to qualify. Check out the freshly arrived homeowner's waiting duration.

You have actually had a settlement payment

If you've had a swelling sum compensation payment. The time you need to wait depends upon how much your swelling sum payment is. Use our settlement estimator or phone us on your regular payment line for details about your settlement preclusion duration.

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

What you require to do to get your very first JobSeeker Payment, just how much you'll get and who to get in touch with about mutual responsibility requirements.

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