Need advice - where to do medicals?

[bhagya_nair]

Hi,

I am on 457 visa and in Australia (Melbourne) since last ~2 yrs
I am going on vacation to India in the month of Feb

Is it OK if I do medicals in India? (for the cost reasons)
Or is it mandatory that I must do that in Australia itself?

Please advice

Thanks in advance

[espresso]

Hi bhagya_nair,

of course you can arrange to take your health examinations in India. You could also go to Medibank Health Solutions in Australia. Either way is fine.

Further reading: Arranging a Health Examination

[bhagya_nair]

Originally Posted by espresso

Hi bhagya_nair,

of course you can arrange to take your health examinations in India. You could also go to Medibank Health Solutions in Australia. Either way is fine.

Further reading: Arranging a Health Examination

Thank you...
The link you provided says... "If you are applying for a visa while in Australia you must arrange your health examinations with Medibank Health Solutions (MHS)"

I applied while in Australia

confused !

[espresso]

Hi ,

yeah, you are right :/. I'm really not sure about that... what if you applied onshore but had to go abroad for a work assignment for an extended period of time? I'm not sure, if the handling would be that strict.

It also says on http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/panel-doctors/:

Where a listing for a country or an area within a country does not appear, you should attend the closest panel physician or contact your case officer for further advice.

I personally know people who went to a neighbor country (in our case Germany instead of Austria) for their medicals because it was more convenient for them. The examinations were scheduled, conducted and processed without any problem. However, they applied overseas so that might be different.

You could try to contact Global Health in Sydney or DIAC via phone. Or you could for your CO to be assigned (hopefully before your trip to India).

Sorry I could not help much...
Monika

[bhagya_nair]

Originally Posted by espresso

Hi ,

yeah, you are right :/. I'm really not sure about that... what if you applied onshore but had to go abroad for a work assignment for an extended period of time? I'm not sure, if the handling would be that strict.

It also says on http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/panel-doctors/:


I personally know people who went to a neighbor country (in our case Germany instead of Austria) for their medicals because it was more convenient for them. The examinations were scheduled, conducted and processed without any problem. However, they applied overseas so that might be different.

You could try to contact Global Health in Sydney or DIAC via phone. Or you could for your CO to be assigned (hopefully before your trip to India).

Sorry I could not help much...
Monika

Thanks for your time and response

[bhagya_nair]

I did my medicals with medibank melbourne. I received sealed envelopes from them. Where should I send them? I havent got CO yet

[sudip63]

Originally Posted by bhagya_nair

I did my medicals with medibank melbourne. I received sealed envelopes from them. Where should I send them? I havent got CO yet

If you have done medical here in australia, you will get that envelope. You need to show them only upon the request. But dont open them. Medibank will forward them