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Hi Mrsfilip, No problem with the late reply. Thank you for your message. So, you made your first visit in Feb 2016 and are making your permanent move in May 2016 and that's when you are planning to complete your health undertaking. I request you to please try and update me on how many days/weeks it takes you to complete the health undertaking once you land in Australia in MAy 2016. Best regards.

Thank you so much for the prompt reply. Your comments help me to be better informed and think/plan before I email them. I was all over the place below before trying to find help here. Thank you once again. I'd be grateful if you could answer a few move queries. When you emailed them after reaching Australia in February, did you receive a reply to your email within the 5 days that you were there? Your details below your post say that you got your medicals done on 11/9/15 and if you say that medicals are only valid for 6 months, then your medicals should be valid till only 10/03/15? So how come you are making your permanent move only in May. Or is it that medicals are valid for 6 months from the time of visa grant?

Thank you for your comment and for providing the contact details. Yes, it will help in someways.

Hi all, I have been granted my visa last week. Prior to that, I was required to sign a health undertaking form 815, requiring me to contact the HUS and comply with the health undertaking upon arrival. My first entry date is only valid till Aug 2016 and hence I have plan to travel to Australia for a 5-day short validation trip in April and then return to my home country. I am unsure whether I will be able to get the health check done in within the 5 day short trip. The whole process takes a few weeks if not months, from appointments to the tests to the final report. The form 815 says that one has to report to the health department within 4 weeks of arrival. My question is would it be possible for me to undertake these tests when I permanently move to Australia sometime next year? and not on my very first short validation trip. OR is it compulsory that I have to do it on my first trip. Can anyone share their experiences on this matter? Thanks all. Looking forward to hear your experiences!