easygroove

Were moving out to Sydney in a month and once the dust has settled we will need to register with a local doctor and dentist. Were both staying in Australia for 4 years on a long stay temporary business visa (457). I have all the medical records etc from the UK. Do i need anything else? Whats does the registration process involve?

Thanks

Sandra

There is little or no registration process with the majority of Doctors or Dentists and none of the lot I have seen have any interest in any prior notes - including serious conditions like deafness! In fact for ease of bulk billing I just visit a walk in clinic.

One local surgery would have liked us to have pre joining medicals to assess us but wanted a rather large fee to go with it also so we didn't bother.

Make sure your 457 job comes with decent medical insurance. and it has lots of dental cover especially with kids of braces age.

......it realy isn't too bad, just do not get too sick :scared:

Cheers Sandra