Student Allowance Transfer Grant

To get Student Allowance Transfer Grant, you must have a partner or a child.

You also need to:

• have been getting a Student Allowance up until your course finishes and are now going onto a benefit
• be in hardship.

Who can't get it

You can't get it if either you:

• and your partner have no children and are earning more than $434.44 a week before tax, or
• apply more than 28 days from the week after your course finishes.

You can get 1 week's payment of the benefit you're transferring to. This is just your benefit payment, it doesn't include other payments, eg, Accommodation Supplement, Disability Allowance.

This will go down if you're:

• earning any income during your stand-down week
• received any emergency assistance (eg, a food grant) during your stand-down week.

How you apply depends on what benefit you're transferring to from the Student Allowance.

Transferring to the Jobseeker Support Student Hardship benefit

You need to tick the 'Student Allowance Transfer Grant' box when you apply for the Jobseeker Support Student Hardship

Transferring to a Work and Income benefit

You need to:

• complete a Student Allowance Transfer Grant application form
• log in to Connect and upload your form
• tell Work and Income that you're applying for a Student Allowance Transfer Grant.

If your application's approved, we'll pay you once your Work and Income benefit has also been approved.

The Student Allowance Transfer Grant is paid in the same week that you get your last payment of Student Allowance. This is to help you pay your living expenses during the week that you don't get any money.

If your application is approved after you finish getting Student Allowance, you'll get paid once it's approved.