New Zealand citizens claiming payments in Australia
If you’re a New Zealand citizen living in Australia you may be eligible to get Centrelink payments or concession cards.
Who can get Rent Assistance
You can get Rent Assistance if you get an eligible payment and your eligible accommodation costs are over a certain amount.
Advice of death form (SA116)
Use these forms to advise us of the death of an adult or child. We’ll use these details to update records with Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.
How to contact the Financial Information Service
We have Financial Information Service (FIS) Officers to help you.
Change of circumstances while getting Parenting Payment
We need to know about changes to your or your partner’s situation. If you don’t tell us when these changes happen, you may get a debt you’ll have to pay back.
Claim for Australian Pension from an agreement country form (AUS140)
Use this form to claim an Australian Pension while you are in an agreement country.
Scheduled reporting
If you need to report your employment income, it’ll usually be every 14 days, on a date we tell you. We call this scheduled reporting.
Centrelink online account help - Deducting tax from your payment
Instructions on how to add, update or cancel voluntary deductions of tax from your Centrelink payment using your Centrelink online account.
Sole trader or partnership income
Business income is counted in the income test.
Overdrawn bank account
You can get help to access your money if you have an overdrawn bank account.