Medical health check streamlined requirements for temporary visa applicants in Australia
The Department of Home Affairs has recently announced that temporary visa applicants in Australia will not be required to undertake medical examinations and chest x-rays to meet the health requirement.
This arrangement applies to applicants for the following visa subclasses, and only if you are already in Australia:
- 401 – Temporary Work (Long Stay Activity)
- 403 – Temporary Work International Relations
- 405 – Investor Retirement
- 407 – Training
- 408 – Temporary Activity
- 410 – Retirement
- 417 and 462 – Working Holiday
- 461 – New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship
- 476 – Skilled Recognised Graduate
- 482 – Temporary Skill Shortage
- 485 – Temporary Graduate
- 500 – Student
- 590 – Student Guardian
- 600 – Visitor
- 870 – Sponsored Parent (Temporary)
- 995 – Diplomatic (Temporary)
However, you will still be required to undertake relevant medical examinations and/or chest x-rays if you meet one of the following requirements:
- have applied for a medical treatment, temporary protection, or a provisional visa
- expect to incur medical costs or require medical treatment
- are intending to work as (or study to be) a doctor, dentist, nurse, or paramedic
- will enter a hospital, aged or disability care facility (if higher tuberculosis risk)
- are pregnant and intending to have the baby in Australia
- will work or train at an Australian childcare centre
- are aged over 75 years (if applying for a visitor visa)
- have had previous household contact with tuberculosis or
- are requested to do so by the Department
If unsure whether the health examination is required for your visa application, you can check by taking the following steps:
- Log in to ImmiAccount
- Go to your application
- Click on the ‘View health assessment’ link in the Applications Status section
- If we need you to have health examinations, you will find a link there called ‘Organise health examinations’. There will be no link if we don’t need you to have health examinations
- Click on the link and complete your medical history
