Accessing Super Early

[Rainbow Bay]

Hello everyone

I've heard that it's perhaps possible to access your super early for gender surgery under 'compassionate grounds'. I was just wondering if anyone knows anything about the specifics of this. I know you would apply to the Department of Human Services for the early release but I guess what I would like to know is things like, do you have to argue your case? and how likely is it that your application will be successful, if at all?

Thanks lovelies

[BubblegumSquish]

How are you going to go about this? compassionate grounds lol.. fingers crossed

[Cindy]

You need your medics to support the surgery as a medical necessity in writing to your super fund. But it is up to the discretion of the super fund to agree or not.

[Ms Grace]

Check out this link - Early release of superannuation...

Specifically...

Specified compassionate grounds
You can apply for the early release of superannuation on one or more of these specified compassionate grounds if you need to pay for medical or dental treatment, for yourself or a dependant or pay for transport to the treatment...

So it looks like it is a possibility, I guess it just depends on whether they consider "elective" surgery under this banner. Good luck.

[Rainbow Bay]

Hmm.. thanks for the info everyone. I guess I will just apply and see how it goes. I don't think it will be too hard to get letters of support from GP and/or psych. I guess it just depends on how my super fund feels about it 

fingers crossed

[Noah]

Good Luck 

[Rainbow Bay]

Good Luck 

Thanks Noah  xxx

[LauraJ]

Good luck with it. Would take a lot of stress away for me if you were successful!

[Dana60]

My wife accessed her Super early to get a tummy tuck done, so it is quite possible.