Colette Little

Through the visa we will have access to Medicare and have to have insurance which we have already organised to receive the visa(however does not provide pharmaceuticals such as my adilumimad) However I read online that with the sponsorship visa, you receive a limited version on Medicare. X

NHS cover isn’t an issue, I will still see my consultant once a year in London and they are aware of my move and being very helpful. Would be be great to hear from anyone who has moved over with a sponsorship with a similar type of medicine - that being an temperature controlled injection. thanks!

Hi there! I'm 28 and moving to Melbourne from London UK, on a 457 sponsor visa with my partner in March 2020 after 2 months of travel. I have rheumatoid arthritis and currently take the Adilamumab jab which I have now been on for over a decade. After difficulties with methotrexate and other medicines, switching to Adilamumab finally got my condition under control, so it is of great importance that I am able to continue it. Right now I'm trying to figure out how I can continue my medicine and feeling a little overwhelmed as to how to go about it. I've read that with a medicare card you are subsidised for the treatment, however that on the 457 visa, that you are not eligible for this. I've then read that it can cost thousands of dollars to pay for out of pocket, which I simply do not have. The option that my consultant from home here in London has suggested is to take a years worth of jabs with me (whilst travelling for 2 months) or post the jabs from the UK. Then repeat each year that I stay. I just feel like there must be a better option than the above and would appreciate any suggestions from those that have been in a similar situation. Thanks in advance! Colette x