Entitlement date

The entitlement date for the Youth Payment is usually:

• the day after employment ceased (that is, after any holiday pay, sick pay, etc. has expired)
• the day after separation or financial assistance from their partner ceased
• the day after weekly work-related insurance payments ceased
• the day after full-time study or student allowances ceased
• the day after last exam
• the day after school finished (if young person has just left school)
• the day they enrolled in full-time secondary or tertiary education or other training course approved by the Ministry
• the day after the date the living costs component of student loan was paid to
• the date of arrival in New Zealand (if young person has returned to New Zealand)
• date of incapacity
• day after moved out of parent's home
• the date of release from prison or
• the day after discharged from Oranga Tamariki care

Where the young person has more than one event, you use the later event for their entitlement date.