Options for receiving an advanced payment by corrine on October 23, 2012 Source www.humanservices.gov.au If you receive a Centrelink payment you may be eligible to receive part of your payment in advance as a lump sum, called an advance payment. The rules about receiving an advance payment depend on the type of payment you receive, how long you have been receiving it and the amount that you receive. Eligibility To receive an advance payment, you must be receiving one of the following payments: ABSTUDY Age Pension Austudy Carer Payment Disability Support Pension Family Tax Benefit Part A Newstart Allowance Parenting Payment (partnered) Parenting Payment (single) Widow Allowance Widow B Pension Wife Pension Youth Allowance For ABSTUDY, Austudy, Youth Allowance (students) and Family Tax Benefit, there is no minimum time that you must have been receiving the payment before you can receive an advance payment. For all of the other payments, you must have received an income support payment for three months before you are eligible for an advance payment. You are not eligible to receive an advance payment if you are: repaying an advance payment you received more than 12 months ago owe a debt to the Australian Government cannot afford to repay the advance payment out of your payment within six months without suffering financial hardship not in Australia when you apply for the advance payment of your income support entitlement. Additional eligibility requirements for the following payments You are not eligible to receive an advance payment if you