claiming baby bonus

[Visitor7]

Can someone tell me how you claim for the baby bonus. I have so far sent away for the birth registration and medicare forms. We already claim FTB with centrelink, so do I need to claim for the baby bonus, or is it automatically done when these go through?

[PinkPalace]

It should automatically lodge with your FTB forms Jodi from memory.
Mine was very quick - 5 days.
But i have heard up to 6 weeks

[Visitor7]

Thanks for that. It's been over 4 weeks now, so I guess they must be busy.

[~breeze~]

I had to fill in a seperate form for the baby bonus (I cant remember doing one for FTB though) & that was 3 years ago, so may be different now?

Mine took a couple of days to come through

[fionas]

I was given a form at the hospital where I gave birth. I think it would be worth putting in a phone call to check if it's been more than 4 weeks. Mine didn't take anywhere near that long.

[squidipa]

i was given papers in hospital contact centerlink for this as there is a time delay and restriction to get the info in k last i heard anyhow

[Astrid]

Mine took awhile to be processed, about 3 or so weeks from posting it and I filled in only one form for BB, FTB and medicare. Have your updated medicare cards come through yet?

[Visitor7]

Just looking at the form on the centrelink website & it's the same one I've already sent off, so might call them tomorrow.

ETA: astrid, nope, no new medicare cards yet

[*becstar*]

Baby bonus forms are all in one, the medicare form is also for centrelink, it's all done together.FTB is done when the claim goes through. I was told it takes up to 28 days to be processed, and mine wasn't far off the 28 days. HTH