Permanent Residents returning to Australia
Apr 11th 2010 | 8:52 am
#1
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Permanent Residents returning to Australia
Hi,
We currently have Permanent Resident visas and are returning to Australia next week having been out of the country since April 2009. Can anybody tell me if our Medicare cards and Centrelink details still apply or do we need to re-register. Many thanks.
Dor
We currently have Permanent Resident visas and are returning to Australia next week having been out of the country since April 2009. Can anybody tell me if our Medicare cards and Centrelink details still apply or do we need to re-register. Many thanks.
Dor
Apr 11th 2010 | 10:08 am
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Re: Permanent Residents returning to Australia
Have your Medicare cards expired?
And what is meant by "Centrelink details"?
And what is meant by "Centrelink details"?
Apr 11th 2010 | 10:21 am
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Re: Permanent Residents returning to Australia
Our medicare cards have not expired. When I say Centrelink "details" I meant do we have to go back to Centrelink and register with them again. Sorry, "details" doesn't make much sense when I read it back. I should have phrased my question differently. Thanks for your reply.
Dor
Dor
Apr 11th 2010 | 12:17 pm
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Re: Permanent Residents returning to Australia
Our medicare cards have not expired. When I say Centrelink "details" I meant do we have to go back to Centrelink and register with them again. Sorry, "details" doesn't make much sense when I read it back. I should have phrased my question differently. Thanks for your reply.
Dor
Dor
Apr 11th 2010 | 9:32 pm
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Re: Permanent Residents returning to Australia
We are assuming Medicare will just "continue" and as for centrelink I will be contacing them soon (well if I find out I need to 
) as before when we lived there we didn't have kids.
) as before when we lived there we didn't have kids.
Apr 12th 2010 | 7:26 am
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Re: Permanent Residents returning to Australia
Thanks Amazulu and Seayork for your replies
Dor
Dor
