how long does it usually take for the tax file number to arrive??

elena05 · May 2013

hi guys i requested my tax file number almost 3 weeks ago, the email notification said i have to go to aupost and present 3 id's. when i went to aupost. they are strict about the id's and i only have my passport as the valid id cos they are not accepting filipino id's and i arrived a month ago. and the lady from aupost said she couldnt help me....... so i went home, and call the number given. the guy i spoke with from the tax office said he doesnt know why the email told me to go to aupost. and that all i need to do is to wait for my tax file number to be mailed within 28 days.... i dont know what to do.. is there anyone here who experienced the same thing that i am experiencing right now?? thanks po sa magrereply

Nadine · May 2013

@elena05: Hi Elena! Tama yung sinabi ng nasa ATO. All you need is an australian address and 1 valid ID. Ang ginamit ko is passport. They will send it to your address, all you have to do is wait for it in the mail. No need to go to Aus Post. I'm not sure bakit nasabi na need mo claim? I got mine around 2 weeks lang po after I applied for it online and it arrived at my current address. Hinintay ko talaga kasi sinabihan ako na pag wala ako TFN, baka I will be taxed 45%. Buti na lang dumating in 2 weeks.

Maybe you can inquire again from ATO if they have mailed it to your address already? Or baka en route na and di pa lang dumadating?

TasBurrfoot · May 2013

hi guys i requested my tax file number almost 3 weeks ago, the email notification said i have to go to aupost and present 3 id's. when i went to aupost. they are strict about the id's and i only have my passport as the valid id cos they are not accepting filipino id's and i arrived a month ago. and the lady from aupost said she couldnt help me....... so i went home, and call the number given. the guy i spoke with from the tax office said he doesnt know why the email told me to go to aupost. and that all i need to do is to wait for my tax file number to be mailed within 28 days.... i dont know what to do.. is there anyone here who experienced the same thing that i am experiencing right now?? thanks po sa magrereply

can't be of any help as ours was pretty much straighforward; we applied online and we got the tfn within 3wks

elena05 · May 2013

@psychoboy and @Nadine thank you po... so no need na talaga ng verification from aupost.. di ko alam kung bakit un ung nasa email hehehhehehe....

happywife23 · May 2013

hi elena05, i applied mine online din pagkadating ko dito last month. After 3weeks din nakuha ko sa mailbox pero tinawagan ko din sila to ask for my TFN kasi kailangan kona for my work, naprovide naman nila agad then within the same week nakuha kona. Pag online mo inapply, no need to present any forms of ID. how did you apply po ba? if fiance or spouse visa, pwedeng online application lang. more than a month kana po kaya normal na hinihingan ka nila ng ibang IDs.

elena05 · May 2013

@happywife23 so pwede akong tumawag para hingin un tfn ko??? kahit un number lang??? thanks

happywife23 · May 2013

yep pwede mo sila tawagan to ask anong TFN mo. pag available na yun, mapprovide naman nila over the phone. Yung letter from them one page lang with TFN. if you urgently need it for work, i suggest you phone them po.

available na siguro yan.

elena05 · May 2013

@happywife23 thanks!!!!

bachuchay · January 2015

@elena05

hi po...na received nyo po TFN nyo even without going to the Aupost? Thanks po...

rareking · June 2015

@bachuchay 1 week pa lang akong nagaantay ng TFN ko pero parang ang tagal tagal na sana dumating na. hehehe. mustasa?

johnvangie · June 2015

Sa akin 2 weeks dumating, un sa friend ko 1 week.

NoelRubio · September 2018

Hi guys, pwede bang mag apply na for TFN online habang nasa Pinas ka pa?
To avoid waiting time ng TFN mo once you are in Australia?

(I'm wondering pagdating mo sa Australia, you can probably call them for them to deliver it now to your address since ready na yung TFN mo? pwede b yun?)

engineer20 · September 2018

NoelRubio said:
Hi guys, pwede bang mag apply na for TFN online habang nasa Pinas ka pa?
To avoid waiting time ng TFN mo once you are in Australia?

(I'm wondering pagdating mo sa Australia, you can probably call them for them to deliver it now to your address since ready na yung TFN mo? pwede b yun?)

@NoelRubio you need to be onshore when applying for a TFN