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Post by Banjo on Mar 1, 2011 11:46:40 GMT 7
Medicare
Who can use this service?
People who reside in Australia, excluding Norfolk Island, are eligible if they:
* hold Australian citizenship * have been issued with a permanent visa * hold New Zealand citizenship * have applied for a permanent visa (excludes an application for a parent visa)—other requirements apply. Contact Medicare for further information.
You will need to provide documents to support your residency in Australia or your severing of ties with the previous country of residence if:
* you are an Australian citizen returning to Australia to reside after living overseas for more than five years * you are a New Zealand citizen requesting enrolment as a permanent resident.
In some cases both forms of documentation may be needed.
Now that's all I can find on the government website.
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Post by Banjo on Apr 12, 2011 3:07:39 GMT 7
Medicare is setting up a desk in Centrelink offices, as are Centrelink in the Medicare complexes. While I was waiting two hours to lodge a form yesterday (and still never got to do it) I had a chat to the Medicare lady who informed me the "as far as she knew" Medicare didn't have a problem with people's residency qualifications until they had been continuously absent from Australia for five years. I'll find out more this week.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2011 6:26:09 GMT 7
So things are progressing slowly!
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