DrDougster

The difficulty from a visa point of view is that sentence should really read "No, I have got my limited registration...". If your visa expires at the end of January I think you're going to need another plan as you'd be very lucky to get things in place to allow you to stay in the time available. Hope you get something sorted out.

You're ideally placed to find out! Seriously though, as anywhere, a lot is going to depend on your CV, specialty and where you want to work. You're unlikely to get sponsorship without working somewhere first. Having said that, if you don't ask: you never get...

Might stand more of a chance with your wife applying as primary if you have the same number of points. Medical practitioners appear to have been preferentially invited recently.

Another couple of things to bear in mind are that if you rent out a property with a mortgage the mortgage interest can still be tax deducted in Aus even if the property is in UK. Another is that the property ladder is a bit of a myth, it's just one form of (hopefully) appreciating investment which has the benefit of CGT avoidance but the hinderance of stamp duty if you decide to move investments. Unless you sell your house and decide to keep the money in a suitcase under the bed then you'll hope to make money on it from a different investment and then can decide when to put it back into property. For example if you'd sold your house at the end of October and bought Pfizer shares and were now going to move it back into property you probably wouldn't be too troubled!

Yup

Lots of people have visa medical examinations while here doing onshore applications. Yup getting a GP appointment is loads easier than at most practices in UK.

I'd do it asap and do a 190 application for the state you want to be in at the same time. Your hope is that somewhere specifically wants you - if not Australia as a whole for the 189 then the state that you want might for a 190. The EOI costs you nothing to do - roll the dice.

Good explanation AussieMum! There are also differences in bioavailability and dose with some formulations e.g. itraconazole which the pharmacist will invariably be vigilant over but the transcribing GP may not be aware of if the drug isn't one they routinely use. Some medical records are always nice but try to keep them fairly brief. If you normally see a specialist then worth getting your marker down for a review fairly early as with all countries and systems waiting times can vary.

Senior doctors earn over twice NHS salaries.

So I've stopped dancing and now wondering what we do now we have been granted our 190. I guess the first thing is to line up at CityLink to change our medicare. My wife heard tell of childcare rebate but doubt we would be eligible with our income. Do I need to do anything with our 457 visa or will we just have been automatically swapped onto our 190? Presumably we can apply for a mortgage now so should probably get saving to cover deposit and stamp duty. Anything else I should be doing? Another dance?

Any and all words ending -o doggo bottle-o rego I suppose not Lego

So, to give you hope Sunny, our 190 was granted today. Not clear when BSMQ will reopen 190s so probably worth a punt on the 189 EOI now I should think.

Our 190 visa was granted today from a submission on 26th Oct and additional info provided (only the medicals) on 10th Nov.

Approved today 30th Nov 2020. Invited 16th Oct, submitted 26th Oct, ACROs uploaded 29th, Medicals 8th Nov, pressed "go" in info requested 10th Nov. That should get the average down a bit...

Yup, it was all very fast.

If you're on a monoclonal antibody and your condition could, for example require a bone marrow transplant in the future then it's gonna be no dice. If you're on a statin for hypercholesterolaemia with no other risk factors then you'll breeze through. There's a whole lotta grey in between! If you're on fairly routine treatment and likely to remain on this and be managed as an outpatient then you should be fine but if you're on treatment beyond this then I'd get some advice from a migration agent with experience in medical reports.

Good to hear. You can celebrate with some beers and pies tonight!

I think the two bits in bold are the most important things to note when coming to Aus. The first seems to be a fairly well kept secret that must be netting health insurance companies a hell of a lot of money. Get the cheap BUPA cover and cancel it as soon as you have your medicare number. The second regarding gaps between full medicare and reciprocal cover means that for example (I think) routine blood tests in a private hospital are not covered. If you apply to medicare they will reply refusing to pay as "no reciprocal cover" and you then don't have a gap statement for your health insurance to pay out. Another cautionary tale I'd relate is regarding my depression. Things got really tough at one point after being stable for years and I needed some emergency treatment and more recently an admission. We were able to ring HCF and upgrade our super basic policy to cover this immediately and have subsequently easily recouped the costs. Health insurance is invaluable when you need it and it probably isn't an over statement to say it likely saved my life. So my advice would be make sure the money you spend in it is in the right place and not some bollocks overseas policy that covers very little and is sold on the basis that you must have it for your visa!

Very odd. Height is under first centile even if you're over 80, sepsis would be covered by reciprocal care if you're a "Pom in Aus" and you can apply for medicare if you've applied for PR and are on a bridging A can't you? In context: you're taller than Danny DeVito but would've been looking up at Prince...

Are you morbidly obese? If not then I would imagine you'll be fine! ps contrary to popular belief COVID doesn't actually contain Calories!

I'd make sure you have everything ready to go for when the 190 window opens up again. They weren't super strict with the 24hr notice but some of the requirements were a bit unexpected. You'll need an HR letter or copy of your contract if you're permanent and a couple of pay slips. I also got a supporting reference from my boss. You'll probably have the rest of the stuff they need. There's quite a bit of stuff to write in the commitment statement when you submit to BSMQ. The other piece of advice I'd give is put a bit of thought into your covering email. I'd say they almost certainly read this.

I would go with it and apply now with 75 points asap. It is certainly worth applying in the current climate. However, if you have a job and like where you are then might just as well apply for a 190. We are in last stages of 190 now in the same situation.

Don't you get such a warm fuzzy feeling reading this thread?! Poor family, I hope they get to stay.

Moved to "health clearance provided" within 24hrs. Presumably it just needed a case officer to click a button and accept the doctors' panel recommendation. Now it really is just waiting...

I've just realised nobody has mentioned coffee or gelato. Unless you've spent a lot of time in Italy and adopted their standards then you're in for a treat!