Qualifications

To get an Advance Payment of Benefit a client must:

• be getting a main benefit, Orphans Benefit, Unsupported Childs Benefit, New Zealand Superannuation or Veterans Pension
• have an immediate and essential need
• have met any hardship obligations that have been applied to them
• meet an income and asset test and
• purchase goods and services from a preferred supplier when there is an arrangement in place