I am trying to figure out what the point of claiming the baby bonus/ FTB online 3 months before is... I did that and i still had to fill out all the paper work when bub was born and it has been 19 days since we claimed and it still hasn't been processed. When i had the other kids it was all done within 3 or 4 days so we kinda counted on the money before Christmas and when i rang this morning they said they take 21 days to process and then 2 days after that it will be in the bank so we wont have our money until a week after Christmas... so the online bit i did before bub was born didnt speed anything up, it didnt stop all the paper work i had to fill out so just wondering what is the point of it