Chrisso gray

On 17/07/2019 at 22:56, aussiecool said:

Hi Chris,

Just wanted to check if you are on a 489 visa? Also how long have you been in Australia. 

 

 

 

I was on a 457 but now I'm permanent resident on a 186 DE,so 3 half years in Australia resident since 18th March 2019

On 30/06/2019 at 19:26, bluebird said:

There is very conflicting information and i am also very keen to find out a defintive answer to this. 

I know this following page is not a government page however it appears to clarify and confirm what everyone thinks, in that there is no waiting period for CCS. 

https://www.smartstepstoaustralia.com/changes-to-wait-period-for-welfare-payments-for-new-migrants/

 

The above post appears to have taken the definition of a ‘family member’ from the ‘Residence descriptions’. 

At the very top of the page is Australian resident and PR holder is under that category. 

The family member appears to be someone who is related to an australian resident but is not classed as a resident. 

If you go back to the residency rules under CCS it just says applicants need to have PR or be citizen. There is no mention of any waiting period. 

Furthermore CCS is NOT listed in the new list where there is a waiting period for newly arrived residence. See below page. 

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/topics/newly-arrived-residents-waiting-period/30726

either way, could you let us know what they say when you see them tomorrow? 

Quick update on our case we've just got a response from centrelink to say we are entitled to ccs,i think some of there staff require retraining anyhow great news for us.

Thanks for your support, my wife went in to centrelink and appealed against the decision and now we are waiting to be noticed by post as the online claim didn't update us of the rejection we had to call and spent 2 hours on the phone, soon as we hear will update you all 

Thanks 

14 hours ago, Wonderingaloud said:

Yes this is a recent change, PR holders now have to wait 2 (or 4) years to access certain payments such as CCS and paid parental leave. I would imagine that temporary visa holders are therefore ineligible. 

 

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/topics/newly-arrived-residents-waiting-period/30726

 

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/child-care-subsidy/who-can-get-it/residence-rules/residence-descriptions#livinginaustralia

Yes but we are not temporary residents anymore we are now permanent when we applied.

8 hours ago, Phoenix16 said:

I can’t find anything on these links that says CCS is subject to the waiting period nor via any other internet searches, it would be useful to get a definitive answer for other members who might be affected so Chrisso Gray maybe just apply and see what happens, you never know!

We did apply and we are appealing this is disgraceful seeing tho we are now permanent residents.

Hey Ben

we came over on exactly the same visas as you guys,all we are trying to claim is the childcare subsidy do you know if this is possible it is soooooo frustrating especially when some of the the people in Centrelink aren’t aware of the rules my wife was on the phone for 2 hrs last night.

They said it changed January 2019 my wife is going to see them on Monday but like I said I can’t find this information on there website anywhere for childcare subsidy

That’s what we thought we asked them yesterday was on the phone for 2 hrs like they were struggling to find it but that’s what the lady said I’ve been looking all over the website and cannot find anywhere that we’re not entitled to it,it’s gonna be a struggle another 2 years paying for this then she goes to school anyway.

We’ve just found this out ourselves we got our PR  6 weeks ago nothing is stated in black and white on there website about this,me and the wife are devastated by the time we get help our child will be in school anyway they also didn’t get back to us about this we had to chase them

6 minutes ago, ali said:

I don't know about the 2 year residency rule, but as the 457 isn't the temporary visa that is included in the subsidy.  There are certain temp visa's but these are protection type visas, otherwise you have to have been a PR

We have pr now didn’t realise there was a waiting period

Hi we've recently been awarded PR to be told we don't meet the residency requirements for childcare subsidy,you have to be a resident for at least 2 years even tho we come over I  2016 on 457 visas does anyone know if this is true?