Guest loubeany Posted March 14, 2011 Report Share Posted March 14, 2011 Hey all I am new on here and have a few questions if anyone can help? My partner has just been offered a job by oz construction company and will be organising a 457 long stay visa for us which is great. They point out to us on the offer that w will not be entitled to medicare whilst on the long stay visa ... basically we will need to source our own mediacl insurance before landing in Oz ... does anyone know the costs of this for 2 people ? It has to have the standard basic cover that medicare would cover but I am worried about the costs ... are they the same as medicare costs or more ? any feed back would be great as although we are delighted to get the offer we are naturally nervous and want to get it right. They will be standing the costs of relocating us but obviously a long stay visa will mean we wont be able to get any kind of common wealth help either. Thanks in advance Debs and rob 2 nervous but excited Poms !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martin Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hi Debs and Rob We got health cover provided by my sponsoring company. They went with HBA, Oz Bupa, and we are on their Classic Visitors Cover and just looked at their website and it costs $19.65 a week. It's just the basic cover I think but does come with Ambulance insurance/cover. You have to pay for that over here its not free!! It also covers hospital and medical expenses, its all on their web site www.hba.com.au Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest loubeany Posted March 15, 2011 Report Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hi Debs and Rob We got health cover provided by my sponsoring company. They went with HBA, Oz Bupa, and we are on their Classic Visitors Cover and just looked at their website and it costs $19.65 a week. It's just the basic cover I think but does come with Ambulance insurance/cover. You have to pay for that over here its not free!! It also covers hospital and medical expenses, its all on their web site www.hba.com.au Thanks Martin thats great will have a chat with the oh and get him to speak with company Where abouts are you in WA ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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