NikkiKK

Hi All, My partner is sponsored (SUBCLASS 457 VISA) and myself and daughter are going defacto, Just wondering is there any entitlement to medicare with this sponsorship? (we are irish not sure if that makes a difference)

If not how much do doctors appointments generally cost?

Dorothy

No. On a 457 you are required to have private health cover, even if you are from a reciprocal agreement country. http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/...isitors/uk.jsp

Bermudashorts

You and your daugher are not "going defacto" you are dependents on the 457 visa.

There is no medicare entitlement for 457 visa holders, but some countries, like UK, have reciprocal health care arrangements with Australia.

fish.01

Lately UK residents on 457 have being saying you only need private cover at the time of application and that you can cancel when you get to Australia as uk reciprocal healthcare is now considered to meet the requirement for healthcare cover.

Irish reciprocal agreement is more limited so may not meet the sufficient healthcare requirement. Anybody?

Pollyana

I think you are right about the Irish agreement, there are some threads on it somewhere, I'll try and find them.

Also correct about the UK - once UK residents have arrived and are registered with Medicare they are covered under the reciprocal agreement and DIAC has no issue if they then cancel their health insurance - so in many cases they only need to pay one or two months premium on it.

Dorothy

Sorry, just noticed I posted the wrong link. This is the one for Irish reciprocal. http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/...ireland-nz.jsp