Buyer71 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hi, My wife arrives in Australia in July on a 100 permanent resident visa and we hope for her to find work shortly on arrival. After looking on the human services website I noticed that the new start allowance was open to permanent residents and found that it is subject to evidence of unemployment. residency and asset test. This doe seem odd to me considering so many other social benefits are extremely restricted for permanent residents such as access to Uni loans? Does anyone here know if my wife would be able to access new start allowance funding whilst she looks for work on arrival in Australia with a 100 visa provided we met the normal criteria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 104 weeks after her arriving she can claim newstart. Yes thats 104 weeks. or in human terms 2 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyer71 Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks that would make sense to me. It just seemed odd there was no clear reference of the waiting period as a permanent resident on the human services website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samson Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 https://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/enablers/newly-arrived-residents-waiting-period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collie Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Also, if you are working, she will be unlikely to qualify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonleahy Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I see previously people on this site on 100 permanent resident have successfully claimed newstart benefits and were exempt of the 104 weeks waiting period. Has this changed since Dec 2015 or were these people just lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blossom Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 I've never noticed anyone say they could get newstart on the 100 visa. You can claim some benefits. Parenting payment, rent assistance, family tax benefit, paid parental leave can all be claimed straight away if eligible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 33 minutes ago, blossom said: I've never noticed anyone say they could get newstart on the 100 visa. You can claim some benefits. Parenting payment, rent assistance, family tax benefit, paid parental leave can all be claimed straight away if eligible. Agreed. Some benefits, mainly those which affect kids, are allowed at once, but I don't think newstart is one of those. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonleahy Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 54 minutes ago, blossom said: I've never noticed anyone say they could get newstart on the 100 visa. You can claim some benefits. Parenting payment, rent assistance, family tax benefit, paid parental leave can all be claimed straight away if eligible. Yes a person whose visa was activated before 1st January 2017 is eligible for Newstart.(and still is amendment applied from 1st January) Centerlink were confused and their own webpages were only updated on 31st May to clarify that there was an amendment to the Social services act. Before that it stated (wrongly) that a subclass 100 visa holder was exempt from the New Arrival Resident Waiting Period NARWP It wasn't so much the financial payout I was inquiring about, (although I would be lying if I didn't say that would be useful) more the assistance to find work as any jobs I have applied for ... ever had a set application, whereas here you are required to submit a resume and attach a cover letter. I had never wrote a cover letter in my life before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonleahy Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 34 minutes ago, Nemesis said: Agreed. Some benefits, mainly those which affect kids, are allowed at once, but I don't think newstart is one of those. Hi from digging around and asking around the rules were changed from the 1st January although people in Centerlink and a few other places were not too sure I arrived at the beginning of May and the "help" pages that Centerlink sent you to to check then still had the old statement in around about legal way that a subclass 100 visa holder was exempt from the 2 year sorry 104 week waiting period they then updated their web pages on 31st May Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blossom Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 My partner has recently come off newstart. The 'help' was an absolute joke. You have to turn up once every two weeks and they haven't got a clue how to help. They never gave him any help with cvs or cover letters. He ended up finding work on his own but they made him fill in forms so they get a bonus for finding him work. They are lucky it wasn't me as I'd be refusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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