飞出国：新移民到澳大利亚，通常需要等待一段时间才能获得收入补助和家庭补助金等福利。新入境居民等待期通常自抵达澳洲或去的澳洲永久居留权之日开始计算，在澳洲境外度过的时间不计入等待期。等待期的目的在于，确保移民在澳洲最初安顿期间能够自力更生或由其担保人提供资助。
等待期规则在2019年1月1日已经有过一次变更，主要变化如下：
- 大部分working age payments有四年等待期
- Parental Leave Pay, Dad and Partner Pay和Carer Payment有两年等待期
- Carer Allowance和Family Tax Benefit Part A有一年等待期
- Family Tax Benefit Part B没有等待期
而在2019年1月1日之前下签的新移民是可以无需等待期就可以享受Family Tax Benefit Part A, Parental Leave Pay, Dad and Partner Pay和Carer Allowance这几个福利的，而对于其他的福利津贴一般是有两年的等待期。
Those granted a permanent visa before 1 January 2019 are subject to the old rules. They can access Family Tax Benefit Part A, Parental Leave Pay, Dad and Partner Pay and Carer Allowance immediately, if they are eligible. They have a two-year waiting period for most other payments.
而此次，在澳大利亚2021-22财年预算中指出，2022年1月1日后下签的永久或者临时签证新移民将有四年的新入境居民等待期，等待期之后他们才能获得Carer Payment和Family Payment，与目前现有的四年等待期的Working age payments是保持一致的。
Announced in the 2021-22 Budget, subject to the passage of legislation, migrants granted a relevant permanent or temporary visa (see below) on or after 1 January 2022 will have a Newly Arrived Resident’s Waiting Period of four years before they can access carer payments and family payments. This applies a consistent four-year waiting period for these payments with the existing four-year waiting period for working age payments, such as JobSeeker Payment.
自2022年1月1日起，将有以下变化：
- Carer Payment, Parental Leave Pay和Dad and Partner Pay的等待期从之前的两年（104周）延长至四年（208周）
- Carer Allowance和Family Tax Benefit Part A的等待期从之前的一年（52周）延长至两年（104周）
- Family Tax Benefit Part B新增等待期四年
与永久签证持有者一样，四年等待期同样适用于临时签证持有者。在2022年1月1日前已下签的永久或者临时签证持有者将不受影响。
From 1 January 2022, the changes will:
- increase the existing waiting period for Carer Payment, Parental Leave Pay, and Dad and Partner Pay from two years (104 weeks) to four years (208 weeks).
- increase the existing waiting period for Carer Allowance and Family Tax Benefit Part A from one year (52 weeks) to four years (208 weeks).
- introduce a new waiting period of four years (208 weeks) for Family Tax Benefit Part B.
The measure will also ensure the existing four-year waiting period for concession cards is applied consistently to relevant temporary visa holders, in line with permanent visa holders.
Those granted a relevant permanent or temporary visa before 1 January 2022 are not affected by these changes and remain subject to the rules that applied when they were granted their visa (see below for rules introduced in 2019).
以上变化适用于以下签证：
- 针对Carer Payment和Carer Allowance，所有永久技术，家庭和特殊类签证都适用，除开孤儿亲属和剩余亲属115，117,838和837签证
- 针对Family Tax Benefit，Parental Leave Pay和Dad and Partner Pay，所有永久技术，家庭和特殊类签证都适用，除开孤儿亲属和剩余亲属115，117,838和837签证以及配偶309和820签证
- 针对Commonwealth Seniors Health Card和 Low Income Health Care Card，特殊类444签证以及配偶309和820签证
等待期的现有豁免将继续适用，包括人道主义入境者及其家人，以及情况发生重大变化并陷入经济困难的人。
The relevant permanent and temporary visas are:
- for Carer Payment and Carer Allowance - all permanent skilled, family and special eligibility visas under the Migration Program (except Orphan Relative and Remaining Relative visa subclasses 115,117,835 and 837)
- for Family Tax Benefit, Parental Leave Pay and Dad and Partner Pay - all permanent skilled, family and special eligibility visas under the Migration Program (except Orphan Relative and Remaining Relative visa subclasses 115, 117, 835 and 837) and temporary partner visas (subclasses 309 and 820)
- for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card and Low Income Health Care Card - Special Category Visas (subclass 444) and temporary partner visas (subclasses 309 and 820).
Existing exemptions from the waiting period will continue to apply, including for humanitarian entrants and their families, and people who experience a substantial change in circumstances and are in financial hardship.
