Encouraging Self Sufficiency for Newly Arrived Migrants
Assurance of Support ضمان الدعم
An Assurance of Support is a commitment by one or more Australian residents to provide financial support to a new resident during an initial period. This period is either two years for most visas or ten years for Contributory Parent Visas.
Under this measure, the current two year Assurance of Support period that applies to family visas will increase from two to four years, in line with the waiting periods for welfare payments.
For more information on the current rules and residency requirements please visit the Department of Social Services website.
ضمان الدعم هو التزام من جانب واحد أو أكثر من المقيمين الأستراليين بتقديم الدعم المالي لمقيم جديد خلال فترة أولية. هذه الفترة إما سنتان بالنسبة لمعظم التأشيرات أو عشر سنوات لتأشيرات الوالدين المساهمين.
وبموجب هذا التدبير ، ستزداد فترة ضمان الدعم الحالية لمدة سنتين والتي تنطبق على تأشيرات الأسرة من سنتين إلى أربع سنوات ، تماشياً مع فترات الانتظار لمدفوعات الرعاية الاجتماعية.
لمزيد من المعلومات حول القواعد الحالية ومتطلبات الإقامة ، يرجى زيارة الموقع الإلكتروني لوزارة الخدمات الاجتماعية.
Exemptions to the waiting periods – الإعفاءات لفترات الانتظار
There is a range of exemptions that will ensure a safety net remains available for migrants who may be particularly vulnerable and for people who are unable to support themselves as planned for reasons beyond their control.
The following exemptions to waiting periods for migrants apply:
- Humanitarian entrants and their families will continue to be exempt from existing and new waiting periods for all payments.
- Migrants who become a lone parent after becoming an Australian resident continue to have access to payments such as the Parenting Payment and Newstart Allowance, depending on the age of their youngest child. These parents will also have access to Family Tax Benefit.
- Other migrants who experience a substantial change of circumstances during their waiting period, and are in financial hardship, will continue to have access to Special Benefit as well as Family Tax Benefit if they have dependent children.
- New Zealand citizens who hold a Special Category Visa will be exempt from the waiting period for Family Tax Benefit, Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay. This will ensure that this group continues to have immediate access to these payments upon commencing residence in Australia, if they have children in their care, and meet relevant qualification and means tests.
- Temporary partner and permanent visa holders who have a baby born between 1 July 2018 and 31 December 2018, and are otherwise eligible for Parental Leave Pay or Dad and Partner Pay, will still be able to access these payments for that baby.
For more information on the current rules and residency requirements please visit the Department of Social Services website