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CCS Eligibility

Residence rules for Child Care Subsidy (CCS)

To be eligible for Child Care Subsidy you must meet the residence rules.

On the day you claim, you or your partner must be living in Australia and also have one of the following:

  • Australian citizenship
  • a permanent visa
  • a Special Category visa
  • a certain temporary visa that is partner provisional or temporary protection type visa.

Special Category visa (SCV)

You’ll generally get a Special Category visa (SCV) if you came to Australia on a New Zealand passport, and you didn’t apply for a visa first. The type of SCV you get depends on when you arrived in Australia.

Temporary protection type visas

If you hold a temporary protection type visa, you can claim some payments and concession cards.

Temporary protection type visas include:

  • subclass 060 – Bridging F
  • subclass 070 – Bridging (Removal Pending)
  • subclass 449 – Humanitarian Stay
  • subclass 785 – Temporary Protection
  • subclass 786 – Temporary (Humanitarian Concern)
  • subclass 790 – Safe Haven Enterprise
  • subclass ZB 951 – Criminal Justice Stay (only when granted for certain purposes).

Partner provisional visas

If you hold a partner provisional visa, you can claim some payments and concession cards.

Partner provisional visas include:

  • subclass 820 – Partner (temporary)
  • subclass 309 – Partner (provisional).

Please note: Most temporary residents do not meet the residence rules and so are not eligible, for example, the temporary skill shortage visa 482.

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CCS Enrolment CCS News

Avoid common mistakes when enrolling children to ensure families can get Child Care Subsidy (CCS)

Children who attend approved early childhood education and care must be enrolled. Children must be enrolled correctly so families can get Child Care Subsidy (CCS) payments.

Some common mistakes that should be avoided.

Families did not lodge a CCS claim before their child started at childcare service.

If a child starts at a childcare service before the family has lodged a claim, or while their claim is being assessed, the childare service will have to charge full fees. If the family is assessed as eligible, any backdated CCS will be paid directly to the family.

Families should lodge a CCS claim before their child starts at childcare service.

Didn’t use the correct enrolment type

Except in very limited circumstances, children must be enrolled under a Complying Written Arrangement to get CCS payments.

Always use the correct enrolment type.

Didn’t Identify the person who made the CCS claim

Enrolment notices must identify the person who made the CCS claim. If the childcare service doesn’t identify this person, Services Australia cannot make CCS payments.

Always identify the person who made the CCS claim.

Families did not confirm the enrolment

Once the childcare service submitted an enrolment, the family must confirm the details via their Centrelink online account. Services Australia cannot make CCS payments until the enrolment is confirmed.

Families must confirm the enrolment.

Read more about enrolling children on the Governmen website:

https://www.education.gov.au/early-childhood/child-care-subsidy/enrolling-children