Most useful information

1. Living arrangements
2. Moving to Australia

Visiting Australia

Read about visiting Australia to work or study and payments or services that may help you.

1. Living arrangements
2. Moving to Australia

Migrating to Australia

You may get help from us if you’ve recently arrived in Australia or you’re a newly arrived resident. What help we can give you depends on your situation.

1. Living arrangements
2. Moving to Australia

Refugees and asylum seekers

We have payments and services for newly arrived refugees, humanitarian entrants and asylum seekers.

1. Moving to Australia
2. Refugees and asylum seekers

Health services for refugees and asylum seekers

If you have a valid visa, you may be able to use Medicare services for health care.

1. Moving to Australia
2. Migrating

Payments migrating to Australia

Most of our payments have waiting periods and other rules.

1. Having a baby
2. When your baby arrives

Finalise your pre-birth claim

We need proof of your child’s birth to finalise any claims you started before your baby arrived.

1. Having a baby
2. When your baby arrives

Submit your claim if you didn’t do a pre-birth claim

If you didn’t do a pre-birth claim, you can start a claim after the birth of your baby.

1. Having a baby
2. When your baby arrives

Enrol your baby in Medicare only

If you don’t wish to claim for a families payment, you’ll need to submit proof of birth to enrol your baby in Medicare.

1. Having a baby
2. When your baby arrives

Get information about Parenting Payment and Child Support

You may be able to get Parenting Payment and add your baby to a current child support assessment.

1. Growing up
2. Teenage years

What happens when your child turns 13

When your child turns 13, your Family Tax Benefit (FTB) Part A and Part B will change. So may your Child Care Subsidy. Your child can also sign an application for a tax file number (TFN).