I am in the process of getting a 4-year 482 visa and would like to see if anyone has similar experience and provide some guidance.
I have a congenital heart condition, which I do not require any medication, surgery (as I wouldn’t benefit from that), so what I have been doing is only visiting the doctor at a government hospital twice a year, and usually there isn’t much to check, in the past 10 years I might have only did 2 times echocardiography and 10 times resting ECG, 8 times 5 mins walking exercise to measure my SpO2 level. Other time is just updating the doctor if I think my condition has changed. Which tbh nothing has changed really.
So, I went to medical checks about 2 weeks ago, provided the relevant Dr letters I have to the practitioner at the clinic, the letters were a bit old (latest one was 2006), the immigration department has come back 2 days later and ask for a recent report and additional information. So I went back to the same clinic, booked a cardiologist to provide more information.
At this stage, I have done whatever I can, and I was told by the agent (who helps me with this visa application) that usually this will takes 2-3 months for MOC to process...
From my perspective my case wouldn’t incur a lot of medical cost, but I dont know if the MOC would think the same way. I just worry that after all the waiting I get a respond saying I do not meet the health requirement..... and whether I should start looking for a job locally...
Thanks