Diabetes

Hello there, I was hoping someone may be able to give me some advice on who to contact to discuss the likelihood of my husband being successful with a visa when he has diabetes and health issues surrounding this. We feel a bit lost with who to contact for health advice with our application and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi and welcome to the forum.

when there are health complications for visas it is essential to speak to a specialist agent. George Lombard is a well known and highly regarded registered migration agent who specializes in this.

Hi, thank you for the guidance. We have engaged with an agent already though he isn't able to advise us on the health side of things in much depth. Good to know there are specialist agents out there that may be able to support us with our application. Many thanks

Type 1 vs type 2 will possibly make a difference.

Type 1 is less expensive on the healthcare service but you will need to pay for the insulin for ever.

Type 2 is reversible and usually poor diet and lifestyle related (don't mean to insult but just the way it is) and likely to come with other health complications due to poor diet and lifestyle. But you will still new to pay for meds unless.

Inthis day and age neither are a big issue. Unless there are extra complications or detioration ie type 2 going from diet, to meds to insulin

My husband is type 1 and has other health issues surrounding this (eg high bp- on meds) we've been told that if he costs the government over $35k over 5 years he's unlikely to be successful, do we work this out by cost of prescriptions or do we need to find out the actual cost of the medication? TIA

Type 2 diabetes is not always due to poor lifestyle choices. Just saying!

Hello there, I was hoping someone may be able to give me some advice on who to contact to discuss the likelihood of my husband being successful with a visa when he has diabetes and health issues surrounding this. We feel a bit lost with who to contact for health advice with our application and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Lise,

I am a type 1 diabetic being diagnosed in 1990 at the age of 8. Although I don't have specific health issues as a result of this, I am unable to offer the advise you may need. With diabetes, we are more likely to develop cardiovascular problems like high BP for example. I would have thought that if he is well controlled, there wouldn't be issues regarding obtaining a visa as I was granted one with absolutely no issues at all. Sensible advice would be to try and get this under control but medication I can't imagine being an issue.

Hope this helps and if my advice isn't wholly accurate, I'm sure someone will come along and correct me but this is based on personal experience.

Tom

Type 2 diabetes is not always due to poor lifestyle choices. Just saying!

That's why I said usually. Pancreatic cancer etc However, the most common cause is due to choices or miseducation and eating poor diet.

My husband is type 1 and has other health issues surrounding this (eg high bp- on meds) we've been told that if he costs the government over $35k over 5 years he's unlikely to be successful, do we work this out by cost of prescriptions or do we need to find out the actual cost of the medication? TIA

You don't need to do the calculation yourself unless you've got a very rare medical condition (but it would be based on the actual cost of treatment minus the amount you pay - i.e. the government's share). Diabetes combined with high Blood pressure is so common that it's already been costed and must be below the threshold as I've never heard of anyone being turned down because of it. One thing to warn you about is that when you send in your medical it will get "referred". Sounds scary but just means an actual medical person has to read the report rather than an admin person ticking a box. Mine (which yes did include both type 1 Diabetes and high blood pressure) took about 2 weeks between being referred and being accepted - although that was over 7 years ago now so processing times may well have changed. Also note that the doctor I had my medical with included all the extra reports & tests he knew would be asked for with my medical conditions in his original report - if any hadn't been included that would presumably have caused a delay.

Diabetes is undoubtedly more expensive for the patient in Australia as prescriptions aren't free (but are subsidised) and there are gap payments at the specialists - but (IMHO) the standard of care is higher here especially as you see the specialists more often and they have a lot more time for you.

Diabetes is undoubtedly more expensive for the patient in Australia as prescriptions aren't free (but are subsidised) and there are gap payments at the specialists - but (IMHO) the standard of care is higher here especially as you see the specialists more often and they have a lot more time for you.

One other piece of advice. With both Diabetes and high blood pressure it is very difficult if not impossible to obtain life insurance in Australia. They'll give you a quote if you've one or the other but not both. If you have insurance in the UK check with the insurance company if they will still cover you in Australia (mine does) and have them confirm that in writing.