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Good morning all. My parents originally from the UK have been in Oz now on a permanent 143 visa for nearly 7 years now and a total of 9 years (including time on 173 prior to the 143 grant). They have of course accessed Medicare services for hospital care etc over the years but one of them is soon to have extensive cardiac surgery in a public hospital (no private cover) and may require additional assistance at home for a period of rehabilitation which will be assessed by occupational therapy/ Physiotherapy team prior to discharge.... Does anyone know if this home care type support is something they can have under the Medicare cover they have or ... is this something that may be denied or restricted as we are still in the 10-year assurance of support? Just keen to know if we will be billed for the additional support required as I am very unclear if the restrictions under the 10-year period are just related to them getting any kind of financial payment (low-income payments etc ..which they have never claimed any Australian payments and live only on their UK state pension and support from us. Thanks in anticipation.

Thanks Amber ..yes its a 143 CPV ?

Hi all My parents have now been here 5 yrs total and the past 2 years on a permanent parental sponsored visa. We live in QLD and I applied for a senior +Go card for them thinking this is the one to help reduce their prescription costs ... however apparently its not .... I assume it must be the commonwealth seniors card ???? Mmmmmmm are they even entitled to apply for it under their visa conditions or is this one of those things under the 10 year waiting times with their visa .... I know there is no centrelink entitlement until the 10 year permanent is up but Im not sure about this ... also want them to be able to access the Govt free dental clinics .... can they even do that ??????aghhhhhhh very confused Hope someone can help & advise. Cheers Kerry

Hi all My parents have their permanent residency here now :-) Yeahhhhhhh They get only a UK State pension paid directly into a bank account in AU. Dad got a letter from his UK bank where he only has a few hundred pounds and no deposits going in asking to verify where he is resident for HMRC For tax ??? Question: I assume we say resident in AU ? Question: His total state pension income is aprox 21K au dollars depending on exchange rates and mums is even less probably about 10K....so will he get a tax bill here now ??.......which they cannot afford :-( Thanks in anticipation Kerry

Hi Bridgeman. I thought it may be the case but was hoping the fact they have already had 2 1/2 years here on the Temp 173 visa waiting to transfer to the Perm 143 visa it may have allowed them 'time off' as it were from another 2 years :-( Cheers :-)

Hi all. My first post.. .Hope i do this right. My questions is ...if anyone on this visa has managed to get a concession or seniors card through Centrelink to help with Prescription costs etc? How long did you have to wait ? and is there any other way to try and get reductions for my parents for medications/ dental costs etc ? I have also heard some people have been claiming some kind of benefit from Centrelink before the 10 year waiting period and stopping their claim just before the AOS amount (aprox 14K a couple) has been drained....so they essentially access the AOS money before the 10 years ....seems a bit strange but what are your experiences please ? Thanks :-) K