16 year old DD....how to claim Youth Allowance??

[diannescruffy]

If you have a Health Care Card her CRN is on that. I'll be doing this soon too DS turns 16 in June.

Regards,
Dianne

[feeb]

I allready have the boys CRN as needed them for CC just ask in medicare office or centrelink.

[Trillian]

You will also have to get her a Tax File Number - they wont pay her Youth Allowance unless she has it. My brother has just had his come through and it was held up because he was waiting for his TFN

[RainbowBrite]

My DD has just put in an online claim for it as she turn 16 last Saturday.
The CRN she has with me did not work so she had to register online and it gave her her own CRN number.
She has put the claim in and we and I have to give them a call tomorrow as they need parents income for the means testing.
As she still is your dependent (at home and full time school) the money will be payed into your account.

[Trillian]

RainbowBrite, my brother gets his paid into his account and he's a fulltime student at home with Mum?

[RainbowBrite]

RainbowBrite, my brother gets his paid into his account and he's a fulltime student at home with Mum?

Oh ok...that is what it said as she was doing the application and the lady at centrelinck told us

[Trillian]

I thought that is what happened too, but Mum was telling me how he got a nice surprise in his bank account because they had backpayed him.