If you’ve claimed ABSTUDY School Fees Allowance, we’ll assess you for School Term Allowance at the same time. You won’t need to claim for this separately.
If you haven’t claimed yet, there are 2 ways to claim School Term Allowance. You can either:
- call us on our ABSTUDY line and we’ll help you
- fill in the claim for ABSTUDY Schooling A form.
You must apply by 31 December in the school year you want School Term Allowance for.
Steps to claim ABSTUDY School Term Allowance
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1. Get your documents ready to claim
You’ll need to get some supporting documents ready to help answer some of the questions in the claim.
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2. Make your claim
If you call the ABSTUDY line, we’ll help you make your claim.
To claim using the form, follow these steps:
- Check you’ve answered all questions.
- Sign and date the claim form.
- Attach any supporting documents.
- Submit your claim to us.
You can submit your claim form in one of the following ways:
- online by uploading your documents online
- by post to:
Services Australia
Student Services
Reply Paid 7804
Canberra BC ACT 2610
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3. Wait for the result of your claim
We’ll let you know the following:
- if we accept your claim
- when you’ll get your first payment
- how much you’ll get.
If we need more details we’ll contact you.
You can ask us to review our decision if you think we’ve made a mistake.