Residence requirements

To lodge a claim and qualify for Crisis Payment, you must be an Australian resident and in Australia on the day that you lodge your claim.

To qualify you must be living in Australia permanently as:

• an Australian citizen, or
• the holder of a permanent resident visa, or
• a New Zealand citizen who was in Australia on 26 February 2001, or for 12 months in the 2 years immediately before that date, or was assessed as protected before 26 February 2004, or
• the holder of a specified visa sub-class including a humanitarian entrant.

More information

• Changes which affect New Zealand citizens claiming payments in Australia
• Crisis Payment for humanitarian entrants factsheet
• Crisis Payment section

On the Department of Immigration and Citizenship website

• Australian citizenship