Health insurance for migrants in Australia
Australia's visa system ties health cover to your visa. Student visa holders must hold Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for their whole course; most other temporary visa holders need Overseas Visitor Health Cover (OVHC); permanent residents and a few other groups can enrol in Medicare; and citizens of eleven countries get limited access through a reciprocal agreement. Getting it wrong can delay a visa or leave you with a large hospital bill. This hub indexes Migratio's health-cover guides — by visa, by cost, and by the specific situations that cause the most confusion.
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Related Migratio resources
- Health insurance for an Australian visa: the complete guide
- What does OSHC cover (and what it doesn't)
- OVHC explained: overseas visitor health cover
- OSHC vs OVHC: which cover does your visa need?
- OSHC vs Medicare: what students need to know
- OSHC for the student visa (500)
- OVHC for the 485 graduate visa
- Health insurance for the 482 visa
- Health insurance for the 870 sponsored parent visa
- Health insurance for the visitor visa (600)
- Medicare eligibility by visa
- Compare OSHC providers
- Best OSHC for international students
- How much does OSHC cost?
- OSHC cost and how to pay from overseas
- OSHC for couples and families
- When should your OSHC start?
- When to buy OSHC: before or after the visa
- Can you change OSHC provider?
- How to extend your OSHC
- OSHC refunds: visa refused or leaving early
- Switching from OSHC to OVHC after study
- Does OSHC cover dental, optical and physio?
- Does OSHC cover pregnancy and maternity?
- Reciprocal Health Care Agreements explained
- OSHC vs travel insurance
- Travel insurance for arrival
- Medicare enrolment for new arrivals
- How to apply for Medicare as a new migrant