A recent change by the Department of Home Affairs means that some temporary visa applicants in Australia will not be required to undertake medical examinations and chest x-rays in order to meet the health requirement.
This arrangement applies to applicants for the following visa subclasses, and only if you are already in Australia:
401 - Temporary Work (Long Stay Activity)
403 - Temporary Work International Relations
405 - Investor Retirement
407 - Training
408 - Temporary Activity
410 - Retirement
417 and 462 - Working Holiday
461 - New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship
476 - Skilled Recognised Graduate
482 - Temporary Skill Shortage
485 - Temporary Graduate
500 - Student
590 - Student Guardian
600 - Visitor
870 - Sponsored Parent (Temporary)
995 - Diplomatic (Temporary)
Temporary visa applicants in Australia will still be required to undertake relevant medical examinations and/or chest x-rays if they:
have applied for a medical treatment, temporary protection or a provisional visa
expect to incur medical costs or require medical treatment
are intending to work as (or study to be) a doctor, dentist, nurse or paramedic
will enter a hospital, aged or disability care facility (if higher tuberculosis risk)
are pregnant and intending to have the baby in Australia
will work or train at an Australian childcare centre
are aged over 75 years (if applying for a visitor visa)
have had previous household contact with tuberculosis
are requested to do so by the Department.
The Department have advised that if you have already made a health examination appointment with Bupa Medical Visa Services and have not yet attended it, your appointment may be cancelled and refunded. Bupa will contact you via SMS to advise you of this. Do not contact Bupa to cancel your appointment yourself. If you are not advised that your appointment has been cancelled, you should attend if possible.
This is temporary measure and applies to all eligible temporary visa applications currently with the Department and new applications made in Australia. The Government will review these arrangements in early 2023
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