Guest Welly Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 A bit of advice please. We're hoping to move out to Sydney in the new year (visa pending). I would be going out in mid Jan to start a job early Feb, and my wife would come out Feb / March when she's done her 3 months notice at work (waiting to get the bonus in Nov etc etc). At least that was the plan!!!!!!! We've just last week found out that we'll hopefully be having a new baby in May (early days fingers crossed) and i wondered how long after you've arrived out there you can get medicare cover. Or can anyone give an idea as to how much it costs in Aus to have a baby through private health cover (assuming it all goes well). With the new job i get medical cover of $1200 a year which i suppose is better than nothing? Thanks for any advice . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Abi&Dan Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 I believe it's 10 days for permanent residents - but have no idea if standard medicare covers childbirth at all (I vaguely think I may have seen something on here that said not - try a search on 'pregancy' or 'childbirth' and see what comes up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Welly Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Sorry i forgot to mention we'll be on a 457 sponsored visa, not a perm resident. Thanks anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulandSusan Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Gareth, Congratulations......:jiggy:and best of luck with the move. I saw this on another thread earlier today - "....one thing that you have to think about and thats if you are not going on a perminant visa you will have to pay all your medical bills....can be costly i think about $8000 as one of my friends had a baby a few years ago....maybe worth checking up on." Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Hi Gareth Congratulations about the baby. I don't know the answers to your questions myself, but I think I know a man who does..... Colin Hanna, who posts quite a lot on the Go Matilda forum, went to Oz with his wife on a 457 visa and at least one of their children was born there, whilst they were still on the 457 visa, I think. He knows all about this subject, I suspect. Please see this link: Login To: The Go Matilda Forums Hope this is of some help. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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