bellebellec1

can anyone advise me on how to get insurance on a wtr visa please? We are after travel for a trip to aus, life ins and home contents...

MrsFychan

ring up a few insurance companies and get quotes ??

Deley

Hi
We are on work visa's and found a company called Columbus Direct who we used for travel insurance for a trip to Australia, from memory I think we needed to have been here for 3 months for them to insure us.
http://www.columbusdirect.com.au/

Hope that is of some help.

bellebellec1

Thanks but yes obviously I did this first. The issue is temp residents (ie wtr visas) are not eligible for most insurance policies.

bellebellec1

Thats that is really useful, I will ring columbus.

Tom1983

Southern Cross do travel insurance and you do not have to be a resident

We used them for when we went to Sri Lanka. It was about $57 for the 2 weeks.

bellebellec1

Thanks Tom I will try them too!

moonie2011

We are on a WTR visa, so far we have car and contents insurance with Fintel, health insurance with Southern cross and about to get home insurance with Tower. None of them asked any questions about visas!!

Tom1983

Aaaah the home and contents insurance

You can get home/contents etc with any bank - especially the ones your a customer with.

We've got contents with Westpac (finally insuring Canterbury), bit pricey but all content insurance round Canterbury is bloomin expensive these days