Rita Kerai Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I am looking to do the Aged Parent Visa (onshore) for my folks once the borders open up in Perth. They are UK citizens but have been residing in India for past 6 years. Their house in London is on rent. I have heard that if they fly direct from India to Perth, they wont qualify for medicare as passport stamp will show they have been in India for quite some time. My questions are: 1. If they fly from India to Perth, do they still qualify for the UK recipricol health benefit here for medicare? Is this true? 2. Do they have to fly from the UK to show they are residing there? if so, how long would they need to be in the UK for before coming to Perth? 3. What proof of documents would need to be shown to confirm residing in UK? They have no utility bills etc under their name as current house in on rent. When they go back to the UK, they stay with my sister. Any help/guidance is appreciated. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Citizenship is completely irrelevant. They are not legally resident in the UK, so they are not eligible for reciprocal Medicare. I don't think anyone here will tell you how to get around that, because that would be helping your parents commit fraud. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Rita Kerai said: I am looking to do the Aged Parent Visa (onshore) for my folks once the borders open up in Perth. They are UK citizens but have been residing in India for past 6 years. Their house in London is on rent. I have heard that if they fly direct from India to Perth, they wont qualify for medicare as passport stamp will show they have been in India for quite some time. My questions are: 1. If they fly from India to Perth, do they still qualify for the UK recipricol health benefit here for medicare? Is this true? 2. Do they have to fly from the UK to show they are residing there? if so, how long would they need to be in the UK for before coming to Perth? 3. What proof of documents would need to be shown to confirm residing in UK? They have no utility bills etc under their name as current house in on rent. When they go back to the UK, they stay with my sister. Any help/guidance is appreciated. Thanks in advance The reason they have no documents to show UK residency is because they aren’t residents. They will not qualify for Medicare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 It is not fraud if they meet the legal requirements. The second part of question 2 asks how long would they need to go back to the UK to be classed as UK residents before coming to Australia. 6 months might be long enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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