How we’ve changed waiting periods

Ordinary waiting period

We’ve removed the ordinary waiting period for:

Liquid Assets waiting period

We’ve removed the liquid assets waiting period for:

Seasonal work preclusion period

We’ve removed the seasonal work preclusion period for:

Non-payment period for moving to an area of lower employment

We’ve removed the non-payment period for moving to an area of lower employment prospects for:

Newly arrived resident’s waiting period

We’ve removed the newly arrived resident’s waiting period until 24 September 2020 for:

Your payment will stop on 25 September 2020 if you either:

Residence rules

We’ve also temporarily removed the qualifying residence period for Parenting Payment.

You can read more if you need a payment. You can also use our payment guide to help check what you can get.