Individuals
Moved to Australia
Payments
- Payments if you have a permanent residence visa
- Payments if you have a humanitarian or refugee visa
- Payments if you have a temporary protection visa or a return pending visa
Avoid a Centrelink debt
There are many things that can affect your payment. Avoid a debt by letting us know when your situation changes.
Services and programs
- Languages, Literacy and Numeracy Programme (LLNP) - helps job seekers improve their literacy and numeracy skills to gain work
- Assessment Subsidy for Overseas Trained Professionals (ASDOT) - assists financially disadvantaged, overseas trained professionals
- Centrelink multicultural services - information about multicultural and multilingual services available for people of non-English speaking backgrounds
- Services and Programs - available to all Centrelink customers
Direct bill-paying service
Centrepay is a free direct bill-paying service where you can choose to pay bills by having a regular amount deducted from your Centrelink payment.
Related information
In focus
Information in your language
Centrelink provides a free interpreter and translation service, a multilingual call centre and multilingual publications. For more information refer to we speak your language.
Centrelink Confirmation eServices
Have your Centrelink details securely provided or confirmed directly to another organisation. To find out more about applying for concessions or services, refer to the Centrelink Confirmation eServices page.
More information
Magazines
- The Journey Magazine – for community organisations, with information about Centrelink activities of interest to people from a diverse cultural and linguistic background.
Publications
- Information in your langauge booklet
- Australia's International Social Security Agreement factsheets
- Crisis Payment for Humanitarian Entrants factsheet
- Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Period factsheet
- More publications if you have recently moved to Australia to settle
Contact us
For a list of the convenient ways that you can contact Centrelink, refer to the contact us page.