I think theres a registration number on the form. Maybe you could give this to centrelink and let them know what date you registered the birth (the date you signed the forms)
Centrelink might make you wait but they will back pay you from the time you gave birth. (Dont know about application expiring) but we were backpaid to date of birth quite a bit of money....
do you have the form given to you by the hospital? the one to apply for ftb and medicare card? if you have that, on the back of it is proof of birth for c'link purposes. the doctor or midwife will have signed it saying you delivered, what date, what gender. the birth certificate is ONLY required if you are applying for a parenting payment after the ftb is already current. if you are applying for both at the same time, that will be sufficient proof of birth
with birth deaths and marriages, did you send off payment for birth certificate? if you didn't, you won't get a copy of it anyway - the birth will be registered, but you'll not receive and actual certificate
if the application expired, your FTB will be backdated to date of birth - parenting payment won't be. you have two weeks to provide all requested information from the date of first contact - if it's not provided, you need to reapply and will only be paid from that new application date (again, provided all requested info is in within 2 weeks)
sorry if that's blunt - just putting it out there how the system is set up
hope it helps
BG
ETA - for all proof of ID purposes, you require the birth certificate (the one you pay for - not the pretty one) - an extract or receipt of registration is not accepted
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