Residence rules
On the day you claim Family Tax Benefit Part A and Part B you must meet the residence rules.
You must be living in Australia and have 1 of the following:
- Australian citizenship
- a permanent visa
- a Special Category visa
- a certain temporary visa type, for example a Partner Provisional or Temporary Protection visa.
Your child must also meet these rules or be living with you.
Newly arrived residents generally have to wait 1 year before getting Family Tax Benefit Part A, with some exemptions. There are no waiting periods for Family Tax Benefit Part B.
You must continue to meet the residence rules for as long as you get this payment.
Page last updated: 21 August 2019
This information was printed 10 September 2021 from https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/family-tax-benefit/who-can-get-it/residence-rules. It may not include all of the relevant information on this topic. Please consider any relevant site notices at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/site-notices when using this material.