To get Double Orphan Pension when you’re overseas, you must be travelling for an approved reason and hold one of these visas:
- Partner Provisional visa subclass 309 or visa subclass 820
- Safe Haven Enterprise visa subclass 790
- Temporary Protection visa subclass 785 issued on or after 16 December 2014.
If granted travel for an approved reason, you’ll get your payment for the time required to deal with the reason. This will generally be 2-3 weeks. The maximum period is 6 weeks.
The approved reasons are:
- to attend an acute family crisis - for example, to visit a family member who’s critically ill
- for specific humanitarian reasons - for example, to adopt a child or attend custody proceedings
- to get eligible medical treatment that isn’t available in Australia.
Evidence we need
You must provide detailed evidence that supports the reason for travel. The evidence you need to provide depends on the circumstances.
Evidence may include any of the following:
- a death certificate for the family member
- a medical certificate from an overseas hospital
- a statement from police
- a court order
- a letter from your treating doctor
- other documents relating to the reason for travel.
If you don’t give us the evidence before you leave Australia, your payment may stop when you depart. If we’ve stopped your payment, we’ll reassess it once we get your evidence.
You can upload your evidence using your Centrelink online account through myGov.