Thread: OMG Centrelink are slow

i had discussed it with them i can come back every 3 months but it would not be worth it. so as soon as i leave the country my payments would stop

Hi schmierer LR at singleton,

You may be running in to the same problem as my brother. After you complete your first bachelors degree you are generally unable to claim Austudy or Youth allowance if you want to go on and complete a second bachelors degree.

The only way that I know of getting back on to one of these allowances is to undertake study at a different level of learning ie. going from undergrad to masters or phd.

If you are still doing your first degree. It took about six weeks after I had handed in all the paper work for payments to start. It took a little longer for me because I had wait for my savings to fall below the threshold.

As for the overseas part. All of my friends who have chosen to study overseas have either had to take out loans with their parents as guarantors or worked their butts off to save enough because you will not get government assistance studying overseas (unless something has changed).

Cheers,
Craig

thanks craig, my liquid assests is under the threshold. i have opted for the work my ass off and try and save money, i cant and dont want to take a loan. the only way you can still get centrelink overseas is if it is part of your course.

and for anyone who is interested the only option for my fiance and i to be together is for me to go over there as it would be impossible for us to remain here as i could not support her because i would need a salary of over $26k and i study fulltime and she is doing uni and she would have to pay full fees here in aus to do uni which would be more then $26k for sure per year.

Originally Posted by schmierer LR at singleton

and for anyone who is interested the only option for my fiance and i to be together is for me to go over there as it would be impossible for us to remain here as i could not support her because i would need a salary of over $26k and i study fulltime and she is doing uni and she would have to pay full fees here in aus to do uni which would be more then $26k for sure per year.

You made life choices, its not up to the "guddiment" to support that, you've gone and got a job we see from your posts

To my eyes....the system has worked

the whole point of the student allowance is to support students study so they dont have to work heaps to cover their everydays costs as well as uni costs, so hasnt the government failed

i think alot of people are getting confused. as they refer to centrelink as you dont have a job. but they have heaps of different things then the stereotype of dole bludgers

or maybe what i should do is hecs all my fees and then never work in australia so i dont have to pay them... now thats an idea