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Post by plonky44 on Jun 17, 2015 11:37:00 GMT 7
Can you go and live Overseas when you are Pension age (66) ? or do you have to wait 2 years "after" you become pension age ? all very unclear ?
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Post by plonky44 on Jun 17, 2015 11:39:53 GMT 7
I put in a hearing Claim ,3 years ago and got paid by Workcover ,was informed i could claim every 3 years after that if more hearing loss? I tried claim again this month ,was informed i am no longer a "worker "and they refused my claim ,as i am now a Carer ,so look out ,even though the claim was accepted by my last Employer ,a new claim has to be put in and will be rejected if Caring !
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Post by Banjo on Jun 17, 2015 12:26:26 GMT 7
You lose the pension bonus and allowances. My payment is $804.50. paid monthly.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2015 9:42:21 GMT 7
Hi guys New member, long time lurker here. Never really posted until now as I feel I have nothing much to contribute other than what has already been mentioned on here. I am 27 years old, on a DSP and have booked a trip to Manila from November 25 - December 26 arriving the morning of the 27th back in Australia. Now the issue I'm querying is that since my first fortnightly payment abroad will be received on December 2, I'm just wondering whether I would be assessed as being paid for 25 days outside of the country or would I receive a payment divided by the three additional days I've been outside of Australia upon my next payment inside Australia after my first 28 days abroad.
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Post by Banjo on Jun 27, 2015 10:50:16 GMT 7
Welcome to the form Vegas.
By my count you're out of the country for 33 days? You would be paid for 28, the remainder of your trip would be unpaid.
There's no formula other than all days in excess of 28 spent out of Australia are unpaid. The days you leave and return count.
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Post by chris on Jun 28, 2015 4:08:39 GMT 7
Can you go and live Overseas when you are Pension age (66) ? or do you have to wait 2 years "after" you become pension age ? all very unclear ? What is your retirement age? OAP or DSP?
It is not unclear, for OAP, upon reaching the retirement age, which depends on your year of birth, you would be able to leave the country almost immediately after filing your claim.
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Post by Banjo on Jun 28, 2015 7:46:08 GMT 7
You give intention to claim the Age pension up to 3 months before you qualify. You can then leave the day you turn 65, or in the case of younger people affected by the changes, the day they qualify. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to leave early, you would need to talk it through with Centrelink International when you tell them you intend to live overseas.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 15:28:31 GMT 7
Cheers Banjo
I have spoken to CL International and they have determined that I will be paid on the following dates keeping in mind I leave seven days before my first pay.
December 2 Full Pay December 16 Full Pay December 23 Partial Pay (7 Days) December 30 Partial Pay (7 Days)
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Post by Banjo on Jul 1, 2015 17:39:04 GMT 7
OK, have a good trip then and let us know how you get on.
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Post by gomaz on Jul 2, 2015 19:40:48 GMT 7
A little off topic here. If one were to say spend 21 days overseas in January and then a further 7 days in October of the same year when would the next 28 days become available? In January the following year or in October the following year?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 20:19:34 GMT 7
A little off topic here. If one were to say spend 21 days overseas in January and then a further 7 days in October of the same year when would the next 28 days become available? In January the following year or in October the following year? From what I was told, 28 days will restart 1 year from original departure date. Although perhaps only 21 days may be available from January until October. I'm 100% sure though.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 20:36:27 GMT 7
OK, have a good trip then and let us know how you get on. Yep will do. My one major regret is not bothering to find a site like this along with not planning for the future or anticipating something as brutal as the cuts we got. When I was first approved in 2008, I was told 13 weeks when I went away that year for a month although never bothered to ask questions as I never intended to be traveling that long and didn't see DSP as long term as I was studying. What I now know after coming here is that the 13 weeks was not limited to any time period and you could come back a day then fly out again. I wish I had somebody to educate me on all the benefits the DSP provided as i would have loved to have spent a lot more time in Philippines and given that my accommodation is so cheap I could have actually saved in an environment where I am happy and enjoying myself in preparation for something as horrific as this. I am now learning more about the DSP and am surprised that the biggest cuts were actually by labor in 2012. At the time 6 weeks would not have sounded so bad given that I only ever traveled twice a year at best but had I known then what I now Know I most definitely would have taken the opportunity to live there and fly in 4 times a year. The experience alone would have been priceless.
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Post by Banjo on Jul 2, 2015 20:41:56 GMT 7
You would have come under fire for residency then; many people here, myself included, were cut off for spending too much time overseas back when the portability period was 13 weeks. Most were reinstated with back pay when Centrelink was unable to prove we lived outside of Australia.
Remember that the DSP is normally a residency based payment.
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Post by Banjo on Jul 2, 2015 20:43:03 GMT 7
A little off topic here. If one were to say spend 21 days overseas in January and then a further 7 days in October of the same year when would the next 28 days become available? In January the following year or in October the following year? I would say that the next paid portability period available would be October.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 5:30:42 GMT 7
A little off topic here. If one were to say spend 21 days overseas in January and then a further 7 days in October of the same year when would the next 28 days become available? In January the following year or in October the following year? From what I was told, 28 days will restart 1 year from original departure date. Although perhaps only 21 days may be available from January until October. I'm 100% sure though. I've been advised time resets on previous departure date to previous duration. Therefore on your example 21 days would reset from January and 7 days would reset from October so 28 days would be available from October.
Cheers bear
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