Centrelink - qualifying as independent? (1 Viewer)

[Gavvvvvin]

So I fall short by about $100 of the minimum amount I need to have earned to qualify as independent...will Centrelink be lenient and still allow me to qualify?

 

[SamTan*06*]

Prolly not. I applied for youth allowance, but bcoz my mum had to take out a loan cuz dad kicked us out of the house and we had to buy another....they wouldn't give it to me.

Bottom line....Centrelink are cheap.

 

[mcs]

Lol Centrelink wont be lenient but you can be dodgy.... just get a neigbour/friend whatever to say you've done 3 days work for them or something and if you need to show Centrelink proof beforehand get some money out, give it to whoever it is you 'worked' for and get them to put it back in your account (Make the amount slightly different though, eg you give them $150 but they only put in $140 so its not noticeable). Just come up with some scheme like that to make up the difference!

Matt

 

[alby]

gavin: unless you're currently completely jobless, cant you just wait an extra week or so till you've gotten the extra money to get up to the level?

sam: from what i've heard, they base it on earnings in the current/last financial year. i'm in a similar situation as you were (though we've got the house, he moved out). the family income will drop dramatically after this financial year, because mum's not working, they're in the process of splitting most things (eg. shares, super, who gets what money from other things which given to both of them/invested in both names), and she's also buying the house off dad

 

[SamTan*06*]

gavin: unless you're currently completely jobless, cant you just wait an extra week or so till you've gotten the extra money to get up to the level?

sam: from what i've heard, they base it on earnings in the current/last financial year. i'm in a similar situation as you were (though we've got the house, he moved out). the family income will drop dramatically after this financial year, because mum's not working, they're in the process of splitting most things (eg. shares, super, who gets what money from other things which given to both of them/invested in both names), and she's also buying the house off dad

yea, we are waiting for when our tax wont show the loan...but its still stupid lol