- Home Equity Access Scheme
- How to apply
Supporting documents for the Home Equity Access Scheme
When applying for the Home Equity Access Scheme loan, you’ll need to give us some supporting documents. If you don’t, we can’t assess your application.
- Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
- How to manage your card
Travel outside Australia rules for a Commonwealth Seniors Health Card
There are rules about how long your Commonwealth Seniors Health Card remains current when you travel outside Australia.
- Retirement years
- Most useful information
Request for ophthalmologist/optometrist report form (SA013)
Use this form if you are claiming Age Pension or Disability Support Pension on the basis of permanent blindness.
- Maximum loan amount
- Security for the loan
When you have to pay costs for security for a loan under the Home Equity Access Scheme
You’ll be responsible for some of the costs involved with managing your Home Equity Access Scheme loan.
- Retirement years
- Most useful information
Home Equity Access Scheme variation form (SA497)
Use this form to make changes to your or your partner’s Home Equity Access Scheme if you’re not registered for online services.
- Home Equity Access Scheme
- How to manage your loan
Change of circumstances for loans under the Home Equity Access Scheme
You must tell us if any of your circumstances change when you have a loan under the Home Equity Access Scheme.
- 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.
- Age Pension
- How much you can get
Income and assets from outside Australia can affect your Age Pension
If you or your partner get income from, or have assets outside Australia, this could affect your Age Pension.
- Home Equity Access Scheme
- How much you can get
Maximum loan amount under the Home Equity Access Scheme
The maximum loan amount (MLA) is the most you can borrow through the Home Equity Access Scheme. We can’t pay you any more once your loan balance reaches your MLA.
Payment schedule and rates for people outside Australia
We’ll pay your pension differently if you live outside Australia on a permanent or long term basis.