Heads up about Jobseeker Support Student Hardship!

Jobseeker Support Student Hardship is a weekly payment to help with your living expenses during a study break of more than three weeks. 

If you’re studying, you’ll need to apply four weeks before your break starts to help get your payments on time. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: There will usually be a one- week stand down. 

A stand down is a period of time where you can’t get a benefit payment. This means you’ll usually get your first payment in the third week of your break (as Studylink also may payments one week in arrears). 

For example…

Your course finishes this week so:

• you'll get your last payment of Student Allowance or Student Loan living costs next week.
• the following week you won't get any money.
• the week after you'll get your first payment of Jobseeker Support Student Hardship. 

Please make sure you plan ahead for that week where you won’t get any allowance, loan or hardship payment. 

If you want to chat about this or need any help applying, please flick an email to our StudyLink Advisor – amanda.mcara@op.ac.nz

Find out more about Jobseeker Support Student Hardship here >