Change of circumstances for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) 010-03060000

This document outlines the process when AIC applicants or students have a change of circumstances.

Notification obligations

AIC applicants must advise Services Australia, within 14 days, of any event or change in circumstances that could affect their payment. These are referred to as notifiable events.

Applicants may incur an overpayment if they fail to notify a change of circumstance.

Note: as most AIC payments are made in advance, there may still be a debt if an applicant notifies within 14 days.

Notifiable events

Notifiable events for AIC include, but are not limited to:

• change of address for applicant and/or student
• any change/s to the student's study details
• change in care arrangements, including:
• death of the applicant or student
• child/ren leaving their care, or percentage of care has reduced below 50%
• student moves from one parent's residence to the other parent's residence
• student ceases to board away from home, live in a second family home or undertake distance education while living at home
• changes to the student's boarding costs, including receiving scholarships
• the geographical isolation reason for which AIC was granted ceases to apply
• student begins a full-time apprenticeship or traineeship
• change in parental income
• applicant starts receiving Rent Assistance (RA) for the second home and Second Home Allowance (SHA) is being paid
• applicant and/or student plans to leave Australia, including a change to residency status

See the Process page for examples of changes in circumstances for AIC customers.

Contents

Actioning notification of the death of a student

Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) student turns 16

Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) student turns 19

Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) student becomes incapacitated

Change of address for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) applicants or students

Commencement of full-time work for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) customers

Commencing or returning to full-time work for parents/guardians of Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) students

Related links

Determining the entitlement end date for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Cancellation and debt raising of Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) payments

Determining the appropriate tax year for the Parental Income Test (PIT) for Youth Allowance (YA), ABSTUDY and Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Approved studies for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Centrelink - Notification, confirming and recording a death

Determining who can be the applicant for the Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Assessing and coding claims for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Isolation conditions for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Payee for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) transfers to and from another payment

Applying the Parental Income Test (PIT) for Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC)

Assessing and coding Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) term enrolment checks

Creating and updating Organisation records for ABSTUDY and Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) purposes