Transferring from 457 to 186 visa and child care rebate

Hi

We are in the process of transferring our 457 visa to permanent residency and have heard from a few people that they have received lump sumps from Centrelink for childcare reabte after they transferred to permanent residency.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I presume because you can't apply until you have the visa so it then takes time to process but is backdated to the date you were eligible.

The lump sum payment they are talking about may be standard. There are a couple of ways you can manage your CCR. You can either pay your provider by direct debit every week or fortnight your share and the other 50% is claimed directly by them so no money comes to you. Or you can pay the whole lot yourself in quarters and then a lump sum is paid back to you to the sum of 50%.

I know some people do it this way so they get a lump sum every quarter for holidays or Christmas.

I wouldn't expect to get a big lump sum for back payment, because its not a means tested benefit its processing time is really quick as the only criteria is eligibility like visa status/citizenship. I think ours took less than 10 days to process. We are citizens, but I don't think that'll make much difference as PR visa holders are no different for CCR.