NEW PR - WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?

rachelle_gan2

Hello Everyone,

My husband and i is processing our visa under 189 PR. My husband is a Project Manager (Construction) and me is a Sales Engineer for building Materials here in Singapore.

We have 2 kids, 1 is 5 yrs old and the other one is 1 yr old. We would to know what are the benefits of new PR in AU. Especially sa Kids, Childcare, school, etc..

Please share your knowledge naman to us.. Thank you.

TotoyOZresident

<blockquote rel="eric_402">Hi. What are the benefits newly arrived migrants enjoy (PR)?

I know that some benefits require waiting times. </blockquote>

this is for PR visa, you can get Medicare card as a health card and if you have family you will receive housing allowance from centrelink and its depend on how many kids you have but if you are single you can not received housing allowance. to make sure just enquire at centrelink office when you arrive. cheers

Bryann

@totoyozresident Sir any other info regarding the housing allowance from centrelink? Kailangan ba when you arrive sa OZ kasama mo na family mo to be entitled to this benefit? Or pwede kahit susunod pa lang sila? Have a wife and 1 kid. Also, yun housing allowance ba is only if mag-rent kayo ng house? Or you can still avail of this even if nakikitira kayo sa relative or friend? Thanks sa mga inputs. =)

aolee

hi totoyozresident, nabalitaan ko sa friend ko na pag walang work ung wife mo. may allowance sa gov't? totoo ba ito? and kahit newly arrived migrant ba effective na agad to? or do they still need to have a specific number of yrs bago makaavail ng ganitong benefit from the gov?

Bryann

@aolee If sa centrelink po yun tinatanong nyo nabasa ko na din yan before na meron waiting period for newstart allowance, 104 weeks po yata or a little over 2 years of residency.

jayjee09

Anu po ung centerlink?

Bryann

@jayjee09 Yun centrelink po yata is parang SSS, Philhealth, and Pag-Ibig combined. They are the ones that assist Australians and Permanent Residents (including newly arrived PR holders). Here is their website if anyone is interested.

http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/home/index.htm

LokiJr

May means testing ang centerlink benefit...meaning to say kailangan mapatunayan mo munang kailangan mo ng government assistance bago ka nila bigyan ng benefits 🙂

Pero kung magbigay sila talagang malaki...buti pa gobyerno nila noh hehe

jayjee09

I see, ang galing nga ng Gov't nila. kahit walang work ang asawa nag bibigay ng allowance. hayz. biruin mo ang laki ng population nila pero still they are able to provide for their people. magiging ganito kaya ang pilipinas?

LokiJr

^ actually Australia has 21 million people...tayo nasa 95 million na tapos mas maliit pa ang land area natin...kaya ganun....sablay lahat hehehe

Bryann

@LokiJr tama ka po sir, kailangan mo nga muna mapatunayan na kailangan mo nga ng assistance. Medyo nalalabuan lang ako dun sa newly arrived assistance, bakit after 104 weeks (2 years+) mo pa pwede ma-avail. I'm sure for most of us, by that time medyo stable na tayo. But I've read somewhere, kaya din siguro capable ang Australian government to provide those benefits is malaki ang tax talaga sa Australia. Pero it's good to know din na napapakinabangan ng mga tao dun ang binabayad nila sa government nila. 😃

LokiJr

Mas matakaw pa rin po sa tax tayo sa Pinas hehe most often 30% tayo...sa Australia leveled yung taxation hehe...

But besides that, malaking tulong po talaga ang Centrelink nila...pag wala trabaho tutulungan ka pa nila maghanap ng trabaho 🙂

Bryann

And malaki din nakukuha nila allowance from the government if wala trabaho every fortnight. 🙂

batman

anong PR? permanent resident? ang 175 ba PR?

aolee

@batman yes 175 is pr. Kung baga dito sa sg landed pr agad.

batman

aolee bakit wala ka pang timeline. e mukhang tagal mo na nag babalak sa AU.

indaydiego

ang alam ko po meron din Family tax benefit, Newstart allowance, Rent Allowance, Child Care Allowance. nasa centerlink website 🙂 and meron benefits no need for waiting period. kelangan talaga once you arrived in australia magregister agad sa centerlink para din sa medicare nyo.

God bless us more..

Bryann

Ang possible po makuha ng mga bagong dating na migrants are Family Tax Benefit and Rent Assistance and Child tama po kayo. Sa couples, mukhang dapat pareho meron tax file number. Hinihingi pa ito samin ng Centrelink. Pati Rent Certificate form. Need pirmahan ng land lord or ng kamag anak mo na tinutuluyan mo para ma-prove mo nagbabayad ka expenses sa bahay. 😃 Family tax benefit A & B mukhang makakakuha kami kasi hindi ako nagstart ng work Jun 2012 so pasado sa income test. Hehe.

vangievc

@Bryann magugulat ka na lang may pera kang mareresib sa gobyerno sa year end..:-)

Metaform

Effective b Yung family tax benefit sa job searchers?