unemployment benefit on return to Oz Plan D
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unemployment benefit on return to Oz Plan D
Hello
I'm currently in the UK and thinking of returning to Oz. I am an Oz citizen.
It's a bad question I know, but I just wanted to check...
Does anyone know if I can go on the dole immediately on my return to Australia ? I have a wife and kids. It's plan D. Just wanted to know if I could get some help if all else fails.
Thanks
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I'm currently in the UK and thinking of returning to Oz. I am an Oz citizen.
It's a bad question I know, but I just wanted to check...
Does anyone know if I can go on the dole immediately on my return to Australia ? I have a wife and kids. It's plan D. Just wanted to know if I could get some help if all else fails.
Thanks
D
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Re: unemployment benefit on return to Oz Plan D
Yes you can, when I came back a few years ago I went to Centrelink to find out if I could (I assumed I couldn't as I had been out of the country for a while).
But they said yep, entitled to it, applied and filled out the forms... but before I got paid I had a job, lol... so don't know how long it takes.
I also think it depends on how much you come back with etc... but yes you are entitled to it.
But they said yep, entitled to it, applied and filled out the forms... but before I got paid I had a job, lol... so don't know how long it takes.
I also think it depends on how much you come back with etc... but yes you are entitled to it.
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Re: unemployment benefit on return to Oz Plan D
Hello
I'm currently in the UK and thinking of returning to Oz. I am an Oz citizen.
It's a bad question I know, but I just wanted to check...
Does anyone know if I can go on the dole immediately on my return to Australia ? I have a wife and kids. It's plan D. Just wanted to know if I could get some help if all else fails.
Thanks
D
I'm currently in the UK and thinking of returning to Oz. I am an Oz citizen.
It's a bad question I know, but I just wanted to check...
Does anyone know if I can go on the dole immediately on my return to Australia ? I have a wife and kids. It's plan D. Just wanted to know if I could get some help if all else fails.
Thanks
D
1 year away, and no problems.
5 years ???
10 years away, with no real ties to Australia, and you may well be rejected for benefit.
The Centrelink officer will judge your case according to legislation, so ask nicely (Legislation can often be interpreted differently. If the officer is in a bad mood that day, ask to come back another day )