u/Individual-Order-936

CCS eligibility after getting PR – is there a waiting period?

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice from other parents in WA.

We recently moved to Australia in Sept 2025 on a 491 visa and just became PR this year. We have a 2-year-old and really need to put him into childcare soon so I can work full time and maybe go back to study.

Our problem is: our Child Care Subsidy (CCS) is still being processed, and without it, childcare fees are honestly too expensive for us to afford long-term. We’re worried about starting and paying full fees, especially since CCS is only backdated up to 28 days.

Our main concern also is about the residency requirement:

•	Is becoming a PR enough to meet the CCS residency rules?

•	Or is there a waiting period (like the 4-year one for Family Tax Benefit)?

•	Does eligibility start from when we became PR or when we first arrived in Australia?

Just a bit confused and don’t want our application to get rejected because of this.

Would really appreciate if anyone has been in a similar situation or knows how this works. Any advice or shared experience would really help. Thank you!

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u/Individual-Order-936 — 20 hours ago