- Youth Allowance
- Youth Allowance for job seekers
How to claim Youth Allowance for job seekers
Complete the following steps to claim Youth Allowance for job seekers. Before you start, check if you can get it.
- Youth Allowance for job seekers
- How much you can get
Higher rates of Youth Allowance when living away from home - job seekers
You may get a higher rate of Youth Allowance. This is if you need to live away from your parents' home to look for work.
Ordinary waiting period
You may have to wait for a week before your payment starts. We will let you know when you claim if this applies to you.
- Top payments
- Energy Supplement
Who can get Energy Supplement
To get Energy Supplement you must get a certain payment or card from us.
- Prepare to transfer to Age Pension
- Transfer to Age Pension
How to apply to transfer to Age Pension
If you already get an eligible payment, we’ll invite you to apply to transfer to Age Pension. This will be 13 weeks before you reach Age Pension age.
- What FIS information you can watch online
- Income and assets
FIS selling the family home video
Watch this video to learn more about how selling the family home can affect your payment.
Deeming
Deeming rules are used to work out income from your financial assets. We add this to your other income and apply the income test to determine your payment rate.
- Top payments
- Financial Information Service
How to contact the Financial Information Service
We have Financial Information Service (FIS) Officers to help you.
- Top payments
- Financial Information Service
What the Financial Information Service is
The Financial Information Service helps you make informed decisions about your finances.
- Recently unemployed
- Most useful information
Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)
You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.