Within 26 weeks of the stillbirth you must be living in Australia and also have one of the following:
- Australian citizenship
- a permanent visa
- a Special Category visa
- a certain temporary visa type that is a partner provisional or temporary protection type visa
- a subclass 403 visa and be a participant of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme family accompaniment initiative.
You may also be eligible for Stillborn Baby Payment if the following apply:
- you or your partner become eligible for Family Tax Benefit A
- this occurs within 52 weeks of the stillbirth.