how long does the baby bonus take to recieve?

[december]

Hi, does anyone know how long it takes for the baby bonus of $5k to come thru once the forms are submitted etc. thanks

[PinkPalace]

I think it is different for every town it is lodged.
I know it only took me 3 days with DD but i have heard people waiting up to 6 weeks

[[M]umma[M]ia]

i was told up to 6 weeks. but i havent heard it taking more than 2.

[Arimeh]

I think ours took about 3 or 4 weeks after I had submitted the forms

[december]

i am in melbourne, so i hope its quick. ta

[Deltadawn]

I was suprised by how quickly it did come through. I think it was about 2 weeks.

[Trillian]

If you are already in their 'system' and recieving benefits of any sort form them, then it is usually quicker, but if you are new to Family Assistance/Centrelink, then it can take a little longer.

[Karina]

Ours took 4 weeks from when I submitted the for to when I recieved the money. There was a long weekend (Easter) in the middle of that, and thats always a bit of a write off in terms of getting anuthing done.

[Mum0809]

Ours took about 1 week.

[indie24]

Mine took 5 days.

[briggsy's girl]

timeliness standard is to have 70% of all claims processed within 3 weeks of all information (form, and other details over phone or net, any additional verification documents) being provided

if you're actively receiving family tax benefit for another child, you only need to provide your form

[Tyige]

It took about 2 weeks for me to get it after DD.

[satya]

I think ours took 4 weeks from when the paperwork was lodged in the office. We are in Melbourne but are in the Casey area which is the biggest baby booming area in the country (so I was told by our health nurse & mothers group leader) so would be busier than most areas. It was also lodged a week after the birth which just happened to coincide with June 30 so that could have delayed things a little.

[Indadhanu]

We got ours 3-4 weeks after the forms being lodged. I was told that August-September was the busiest months they've seen in a while (still haven't received birth certificate, been 8 weeks since forms sent!).

[1MOREPLZ]

got told this morning when we lodged our forms that it can take up to 21 days... so we shall see...