Changes to the Waiting Period for Newly Arrived Migrants

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The Government has extended the Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period for a number of welfare payments, and introduced new waiting periods for other payments from 1 January 2019.

These fact sheets have information on the new waiting period rules in English and 10 different languages.

Further information on the Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period is provided on the Residence Criteria page.

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