Examples of paying for more than 28 days for obtaining family support

Client's previous reason for travel 28 days of travel within the 52 week period

Client's current reason for travel within 52 week period

Outcome

A Young Parent Payment client who is attending school continued to receive their payment while they went to Australia for a 2 week holiday during the school holidays on the grounds that this travel did not prevent them from meeting their obligations.

Following this, they continued to receive their payment while they travelled to Australia in the same year for a further 2 weeks to visit their uncle while he was seriously ill and to attend his funeral.

As a result, the young person has already received their payment while travelling overseas for 28 days in a 52 week period.

The young person's relationship with their parents has broken down. The young person has an aunt is the United States whom they are very close to and who provides them with guidance and support.

The young person does not have any family members in New Zealand that provide them with the type of support they can obtain from their aunt.

The young person wishes to travel to the United States during the school holidays to visit their aunt.

The travel is during a time when the young person is not required to be in New Zealand to meet any other obligations (e.g. it is at a time when they are not required to attend a budgeting or parenting course).

Generally would consider allowing the young person to receive their payment for a maximum of 2 weeks while they travel overseas to visit their aunt.

The maximum amount of time that a young person can receive their payment on the grounds that the travel will not prevent them from meeting their obligations is 28 days.

Therefore, the maximum amount of time this young person can continue to receive their payment while they visit their aunty to obtain support is 2 weeks as they have already received their payment for 2 weeks when they went to Australia for a holiday earlier in the year.

A Young Parent Payment client who is attending a training course continued to receive their payments while they travelled to Australia to holiday with friends for 28 days, on the grounds that this travel did not prevent them from meeting their obligations.

The young person wishes to travel to Australia for a week during the semester break to visit their grandmother who provides them with support and guidance.

The young person's grandmother is their closest relative and they do not have any family members in New Zealand who can offer them the type of support they get from their grandmother.

The travel will be during a time when the young person is not required to be in New Zealand to meet any other obligations (e.g. it is at a time when they are not required to attend a budgeting or parenting course).

The young person has already received their payment while they travelled overseas for a total of 28 days in a 52 week period on the grounds that the travel did not prevent them from meeting their obligations.

As a result, they are not permitted to get their payment for a further period of overseas travel to obtain support from a family member residing overseas.

They would only be permitted to receive their payment for a further period of overseas travel if they met one of the other circumstances for paying a benefit from more than 28 days in 52 weeks.

A Young Parent Payment client continued to get their payments while they travelled overseas to attend the funeral of a family member, the wedding of another family member and a court case that they were required to attend as a witness.

The total period of time the young person has received their payments while they travelled overseas for these reasons is 28 days in a 52 week period.

The young person has a brother in Australia whom they are very close to and who provides them with support and mentoring.

The young person does not have any family members is New Zealand who can offer them the type of support that they get from their brother.

The young person is attending a training course and wishes to travel to Australia to visit their brother during the semester break.

The travel will be during a time when the young person is not required to be in New Zealand to meet any other obligations (e.g. it is at a time when they are not required to attend a budgeting or parenting course).

Generally would consider paying the young person while they travel to visit their brother to obtain support for a maximum of 28 days.

This is because the young person has not yet travelled in the last 52 weeks on the grounds that the travel did not prevent them from meeting their obligations.