Assessing entitlement to Youth Allowance (YA) special rate for Long Term Income Support Student or migrants studying English language courses 010-06040030
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Examples - Requirements for Long Term Income Support (LTIS) rate
Table 2
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Example 1 Oksana has been receiving JobSeeker Payment (JSP) for 4 months since arriving in Australia. English is her second language. Oksana enrols in a 1.5-year Certificate II in Spoken and Written English and lodges a claim for Youth Allowance (YA). Oksana is eligible for the LTIS rate. The amount of time receiving JSP is not relevant as she qualifies for LTIS as a migrant studying an English language course. |
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Example 2 Josie receives the LTIS rate of Youth Allowance (YA) for their Bachelor of Social Work, as they received Carer Payment for at least 26 of the 39 weeks before their course began. Josie completes their end of course review in the lead up to completing the bachelor course. Josie advises that they move into the 2-year Master of Counselling in the next available study period. Josie continues to qualify for YA as a continuing/intending student as there is no break in qualifying study. Josie is eligible for the LTIS rate for the Master of Counselling as they received a qualifying payment for 26 of the 39 weeks immediately before the start of the qualifying study (Bachelor of Social Work) and there has been no break in study since starting. |
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Example 3 Ben claims Youth Allowance on 15 February 2023 for a 26 week course beginning on 27 February 2023. Ben had been receiving JobSeeker Payment (JSP) since 9 September 2021, but JSP was cancelled on 19 December 2022 when Ben went overseas for a holiday. The 39-week period prior to the course beginning starts on 31 May 2022. Ben has received JSP for 29 of the 39 weeks before the course began so qualifies for the LTIS rate. |
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Example 4 Sally is 24, and has been receiving JobSeeker Payment (JSP) for 12 months. She wishes to study a Certificate 4 in Community Service, which has a course duration of 6 months full time. She applies for Youth Allowance (YA) when she starts study. Sally is not qualified for YA because:
If Sally had a break in receiving JSP before starting study, then she could qualify for YA. For example, if she voluntarily cancelled her JSP to undertake 8 weeks of full time employment before starting her course. |
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Example 5 Henry started his 4-year Automative Mechanic Apprenticeship when he was 18. Henry left his apprenticeship early when he was 22 and started receiving JobSeeker Payment. When Henry turns 24, he decides to restart his Automative Mechanic Apprenticeship. Henry is eligible for the LTIS rate. The 39 week period begins immediately before Henry restarts his Australian Apprenticeship at the age of 24, as he has had a break in qualifying apprenticeships. |
Q999 letter
Format of all dates should be DD <name of month in full, no abbreviations> YYYY
Use a new free text paragraph for each line of text and remove all unnecessary text including () < > symbols
Include the appeal and privacy optional letter text and select Social Security Act as the legislation option.
Letter text:
Your Youth Allowance (YA) payment has changed from <LTIS start date>. Your new payment details from payment date <delivery date of first fortnight with full 14 days at LTIS rate>:
Youth Allowance (YA) <basic benefit amount $DDD.CC>
Plus, Energy Supplement <amount $D.CC>
(if applicable, continue with a new line for each component beginning with ‘Plus’ followed by the component type, for example, Rent Assistance then amount).