mickpower75

Hi there can any one advise what happens with the family allowance you get in the uk.do we need to cnacel it before we go?

We dont get much can we transfer it to Australia ?
Do you get family allowance on a 457 visa dont know what to do.

Also dentists for kids we have two kids one 7 one baby do we need to take out dental cover for them or do you get it for free.

cheers
Mick

kar-kier

Yes, you need to cancel the family allowance, you are entitled to nothing while you are out of the UK. If you are on a 457, you are also entitled to nothing in Australia.

With regards to the dentist, we have a baby and a 10 year old. As far as i'm aware you need health insurance to cover them, as you don't get full medicare with 457. I'm sure someone will correct me if I got that bit wrong.

Kareena

ABCDiamond

That all sounds about right to me.

And even PR and Citizens do not get much in the way of Free Dental care.
Dental Insurance or money in the bank is normally required for Dental work.

IvanM

Dental insurance and money in the bank.

Pollyana

and a second mortgage.......

painter in aus

mind, if you get part a/b you get free dental for children

Sally Simpson

For all children or just the teenagers voucher thingy?

ABCDiamond

Just that $150 worth of checkup once a year for teenagers.


having FTB A or B does not give us anything else.

painter in aus

wooooo the oracle has spoken. could he be right ?

perksy

Another valuable post I see

ABCDiamond

Experience with having a child, and claiming both FTB A & B and having dental work done helps me to know what the benefits are in this respect.


Oh I see, it was you that said it is free for children, now I see why you are having a go at me in various threads.

So, you have children that get free dental work done, to be able to state "if you get part a/b you get free dental for children" ?

Can you please clarify for all of us how that is, just in case I am wrong... As I would love to be wrong, and save money on her dental work.

Siren & Brian

I dont know of 457's but do the kids that are in school get free dental at the schools. I know mine do at the local dental van.

kar-kier

That's true, never thought of that. We are on a 457 and get nothing, but school asked me to registar him with the inschool dental thing and he'll get seen there. Bet they hit me with a big bill now!

Kareena

ABCDiamond

I am not exactly sure what other changes happened when they brought in the Dental Voucher plan.

Some reports have said that some of the dental van services have now been cancelled. These cancellations may only be for High Schools though.

One quote from a Cairns newspaper is: When my daughter was at Primary, I recall that the dental van service only checked the teeth, and then referred other work to the local dentists.

The QLD health web page on this, at http://www.health.qld.gov.au/southside/oralqeii.asp was last reviewed over a year ago on 24 January 2008.

jad n rich

But true