verynewuser Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 I am a permanent resident. I applied for Medicare card in March and then had to leave the country due to some reason. The card never arrived at the provided mailing address or if it arrived it could not reach me. Now a week ago I returned to Australia and asked the Medicare persons to re-issue me. The representative told me that I have to apply for a new one through the complete process again as I was out of the country for last 6 months, that old card never got activated (something like this was told). is it normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Quite possibly. The website says this about lost, stolen or damaged cards. https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/enablers/lost-stolen-or-damaged-medicare-cards If you never activated it then chances are you need to get a new one issued. If that involves the same process over, guess that is what you have to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verynewuser Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Update: I called Medicare helpline and, strangely and interestingly, the representative after asking for my data and posting address told me that my new Medicare card has been mailed to my new provided address and it will reach me in 1-2 week time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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