Advance payments?

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Ok, I just called them & now I'm not so sure.

The guy I spoke too said I could pay either one out early, but that doesn't mean I'm guaranteed to be able to apply any earlier than the set dates, because it hasn't been 6 months yet. He said with the FTB maybe if I hadn't taken out the whole amount, maybe, but because I did take the full amount back in January it probably wouldn't work.

He said I may 'fall through the system' & the dates I can apply may change, but there's a good chance it won't. Which means if I went ahead I'd be down over $200 next fortnight with no guarantee I could make up for it.

So I'm not sure what to do now. Is he right?


I guess is it comes down to it I might be able to borrow some from mum & dad, then pay my advance straight back to them when I can get it. But not the amount I wanted to have. I wanted to get some winter clothes for the kids & its DD2's birthday a few days after. I have no shops here, so wanted to do all that while up there!
Maybe a miracle will happen & child support will finally get me some money. Its only been 10 months since I asked them to collect