1 Start Your Retirement
6 Steps
- Sign up for a myGov account if you don’t already have one.
- Link your myGov account to Centrelink using the Link to a service tab so you can submit your Age Pension application easily online. Use your Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) to link Centrelink to myGov if you’ve claimed a Centrelink payment before.
- Prove your identity through myGov if you haven’t claimed a payment from Centrelink before. Select I don’t have or don’t know my CRN and enter the requested details from your identity documents. You may need to visit Centrelink to have them verify your identity documents in person. You can then link Centrelink to your myGov account.
- Check the date on which you can submit your application for the Age Pension (up to 13 weeks prior to reaching your Age Pension age). Use SuperGuide’s Age Pension age calculator to work out the date.
- Gather all the documents you’ll need to fill in your Age Pension application online. These include personal information (such as your Tax File Number and accommodation details) and details of all your income and assets (such as bank balances, super, pensions, managed funds and investment properties).
- Scan copies of the required documents so you can attach images to support your claim for the Age Pension.