Medicare Enrolment Application: Applicant(s) Circumstances and Documents Required When To Use This Form

Medicare enrolment application
When to use this form
Applicant(s) circumstances and documents required
Use this form if you are:

a migrant living in Australia
applying for permanent residency and living in Australia
a visitor to Australia
an Australian citizen returning to live in Australia
a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, or
a permanent resident visa holder (previously enrolled) returning
to live in Australia.
Migrant (holder of a permanent resident visa)

Documents required
current passports and valid visa or original visa grant letter for all
people listed on the application.
Applying for permanent residency

People who have applied for a permanent resident visa (except for
a parent visa) may be eligible for the Medicare and Pharmaceutical
Benefits Scheme programs if they have a visa authorising their stay in
Australia and:
have permission to work, or
their parent, spouse or child is an Australian citizen or holds an
Australian permanent resident visa.
This form allows up to 5 people to be listed on your Medicare card(s)

(including the contact person). If more than 5 names are to be
included on your card(s), attach the additional details on a separate
sheet(s).
All correspondence, including the Medicare card(s) will be sent to the
contact person.
Documents required
current passport or travel document for each person being
enrolled
valid visa or original visa grant letter for each person being
enrolled
where the applicants do not have permission to work, it is
necessary to provide proof of their relationship with a spouse,
parent or child who is an Australian citizen or an Australian
permanent resident visa holder.
For more information

For more information about Medicare or for assistance completing this
form go to our website humanservices.gov.au/medicare or email
[email protected] or call 132 011.
Note: Call charges apply calls from mobile phones may be charged
at a higher rate.
www.
Filling in this form
Receipt from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)

when you paid to apply for permanent residency may be required.
Please use black or blue pen

Print in BLOCK LETTERS
Mark boxes like this with a or 7
Information about visas, applications and receipts, will be accepted if

on letterhead or by email from DIAC and addressed to the applicant or
registered migration agent.
Where you see a box like this

Go to 5 skip to the question
number shown. You do not need to answer the questions in
between.
Note: People travelling on a visa subclass 309 or 310 only need to

provide their passport and visa.
Returning your form
Visitors to Australia
Check that you have answered all the questions you need to answer
and that you have signed and dated this form.
Return your completed form and original or certified documents
to your nearest Medicare Service Centre. For initial enrolments, all
people 15 years of age and over on the application must go with you
to a Medicare Service Centre.
Visitors that are residents of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,

Sweden, Slovenia, Norway, Finland, Italy, Malta, Belgium, the Republic
of Ireland and New Zealand* may be eligible under the Reciprocal
Health Care Agreement.
Visitors from Malta and Italy must be both residents and citizens of
those countries. They are eligible for a period of 6 months from their
date of arrival in Australia.
If you live in an area remote from a Medicare Service Centre, or there

is a reason for not being able to attend, you can send your application
together with certified copies of documents and the reason for not
being able to attend in person, to:
* Visitors from the Republic of Ireland and New Zealand will not be
enrolled in Medicare. Reciprocal Health Care Agreements provide
access as a public patient in a public hospital including outpatient
services and medicines available on prescription, which are
subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for medically
necessary treatment.
Department of Human Services

GPO Box 9822
in your capital city
3101.1306
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Contact persons details
Documents required
current passport and valid visa for all applicants.
Further documents may be required.
1 Please read this before answering the following questions.

As part of this application, the Australian Government
Department of Human Services needs a contact person who
we can send general information to on behalf of those persons
enrolling in Medicare.
The contact person can be one of the persons enrolling on this
application or a power of attorney, carer, parent arranging card
for a child or a government authority.
Australian citizens that have been living overseas for more

than 5 years and are returning to Australia to live
or
New Zealand citizens living in Australia

or
Permanent resident visa holders (previously enrolled in

Medicare) returning to live in Australia
Mr
Mrs
Family name
Documents required
completed statutory declaration
passports for all people listed on the application
any 2 residency documents from the list below.
First given name
Miss
Ms
Other
Other given name(s)
Residency documents
2 Your sex
Documents from another country

sale of property (sale agreement)
cessation of lease agreement for rental property
termination of employment (acceptance of resignation by
employer)
transit document for household goods and or furniture
closure of bank accounts, and/or
cancellation of health, property or contents insurance.
Male
3 Your date of birth

4 Your permanent address
Female
/
Postcode
Documents from Australia

purchase of property agreement and gas or electricity accounts
in the same name
lease agreement for rental of property and gas or electricity
accounts in same name
evidence of employment
evidence of children at school or university, and/or
private health insurance in Australia, opening of bank accounts,
property or contents insurance.
Your postal address (if different to above)
Postcode
5 Your contact details

Home phone number
(
)
Family or group Medicare cards
Mobile phone number
People can choose to be on separate Medicare cards or be included

with other people at the same address.
Daytime phone number

(
)
Medicare Safety Net

The Medicare Safety Net helps people with high medical costs.
It is available to individuals as well as families. Individuals are
automatically registered but families need to register for the Safety
Net.
For more information about the Medicare Safety Net:
go to our website humanservices.gov.au/safetynet
visit your nearest Medicare Service Centre, or call 132 011.
Note: Call charges apply calls from mobile phones may be
charged at a higher rate.
Email
@
6 Will you be listed on the Medicare card as part of this enrolment?
www.
No
Bank account details
To enable us to make payments into your bank account, you will need
to provide your bank account details at question 54. These details
will be used for future electronic payments, when you claim your
Medicare benefit(s).
You must tell the Department of Human Services immediately if you
change the account that we send your electronic payments to.
You will need to attach supporting documentation

(e.g power of attorney) with this application.
Note: documents need to be originals or certified
copies.
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Yes
3101.1306
Explain why you will not be listed (e.g. power of

attorney, carer, parent arranging card for a child or a
government authority)
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7 Previous Medicare card number (if applicable)
Applicant(s) details
Ref no.
It is not necessary to repeat the contact persons information if they

are also an applicant.
8 Previous name (if applicable)
Person 1
15 Mr
Mrs
Family name
9 Were you born in Australia?

Yes
Go to 11
No
Reason for entry to Australia (e.g. migrant residing in

Australia)
Miss
Ms
Other
First given name

Other given name(s
Entry date
/
Departure date

16 Their sex
Questions 11 and 12 are optional and will not affect your

application. If you do answer, the information will help us to
continue to improve services to Aboriginal, Torres Strait and
Australian South Sea Islander peoples.
Australian South Sea Islanders are the descendents of Pacific
Islander labourers brought from the Western Pacific in the 19th
Century.
You can have this information removed from your Medicare
records at any time by:
calling the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access and
Employment line on 1800 556 955.
Note: Call charges apply from mobile phones, or
visiting your nearest Medicare Service Centre.
Ref no.
20 Were they born in Australia?

Yes
Go to 22
No

Australia)
Entry date
/
Departure date
/ /

21 Their country of residence prior to entering Australia
Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?

If you are of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin,
please tick both 'Yes' boxes.
No

Yes Aboriginal
Yes Torres Strait Islander

Questions 22 and 23 are optional and will not affect their
application. If they do answer, the information will help us to
Century.
They can have this information removed from their Medicare
12 Are you of Australian South Sea Islander origin?

No
Yes
13 Do you need a duplicate Medicare card?
A duplicate card is a copy of your Medicare card. If you have

more than one person on your Medicare card you may find it
useful to have a duplicate card.
Is this person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?

If they are of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin,
No

Yes Aboriginal
23 Is this person of Australian South Sea Islander origin?
No
Yes
24 Does a second person need to enrol?
No Go to 54
Yes
No
Yes
14 Is another person enrolling as part of this application?
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Female
/
/
17 Their date of birth
10 Country of residence prior to entering Australia
No
Yes
Male
Go to 54
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Person 2
Person 3
25 Mr
Mrs
Family name
Miss
Ms
35 Mr
Other
Mrs
Family name
Miss
First given name
First given name
Other given name(s)
Other given name(s)
26 Their sex
Male
36 Their sex
Female
/
/

Male
Ms
Other
Female
/
/
Ref no.
Ref no.
Yes
Go to 32
Yes
Go to 42
No

Australia)
No

Australia)
Entry date
/
Departure date
Entry date
Departure date
/ /

/ /


Century.

Century.

No

Yes Aboriginal

No

Yes Aboriginal
No
Yes
No
Yes
34 Does a third person need to enrol?

No
Yes
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44 Does a fourth person need to enrol?
Go to 54
No
Yes
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Go to 54
Bank account details
Person 4
45 Mr
Mrs
Family name
Miss
Ms
Other
54 Note: Medicare benefits cannot be paid via Electronic Funds
Transfer (EFT) if the nominated account has restrictions on EFT

deposits, is a credit card or an overseas account.
We cannot record bank account details for children under
14years of age.
First given name
Do you have an Australian bank account?
Other given name(s)
No
Go to 57
Yes
46 Their sex
Male
Female
55 Name of bank, building society or credit union
/
/

Branch where your account is held

Ref no.
Branch number (BSB)
Account number (this may not be your card number)
Yes
Go to 52
No

Australia)
Entry date
/
Account held in the name(s) of
Attach a separate sheet with details if additional bank

accounts need to be listed.
Departure date
/ /


Century.
No

Yes Aboriginal

No
Yes
If more than 4 names are to be included on your card,
attach a separate sheet(s) with their details including
signatures.
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Consent
Privacy notice
56 Note: Only complete this question if other people listed on the
Centrelink, Medicare, Child Support and CRS Australia are services

within the Australian Government Department of Human Services
(Human Services).
Medicare card (aged 14 years and over) agree to use your

bank account for their Medicare payments, where they are the
claimant (the person who paid for the service).
Your personal information is protected by law, including the

Privacy Act 1988 . Your information is collected for Social Security,
Family Assistance, Medicare, Child Support and CRS purposes. This
information may be required by the powers provided within each
services legislation or voluntarily given by you when you apply for
services or payments.
Persons 14 years of age and over must sign and give their
consent for payments to go into the nominated bank account.
I authorise for:
payments to be made into this account.
Full name of person 1
Signature
Your information will be used for the assessment and administration

of payments and services. Your information may also be used within
Human Services, where you have provided consent or it is required or
authorised by law. Human Services may disclose your information to
Commonwealth Departments, other persons, bodies or agencies ONLY
where you have provided consent or it is required or authorised by law.
Date
/
You can get more information about privacy by going to our website
humanservices.gov.au/privacy or requesting a copy of the full
privacy policy at any of our Service Centres.
www.
Signature
Date


Signature
Date


Signature
Date

Declaration
57 I declare that:
the information I have provided in this form is complete and

correct.
I authorise for:
payments to be made into this account.
I understand that:
I must notify the Australian Government Department of
Human Services of any change(s) to this information within
14 days of the change(s) occurring
giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
Contact persons full name
Contact person's signature
Office use only

Type of identification and/or relationship documentation sighted
(e.g. drivers licence).
Date

Comments
/
/
Operator number
Date

Branch
3101.1306
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When to use this form

Applicant(s) circumstances and documents required

Use this form if you are:

Migrant (holder of a permanent resident visa)

Applying for permanent residency

This form allows up to 5 people to be listed on your Medicare card(s)

For more information

Filling in this form

Receipt from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC)

Please use black or blue pen

Information about visas, applications and receipts, will be accepted if

Where you see a box like this

Note: People travelling on a visa subclass 309 or 310 only need to

Returning your form

Visitors that are residents of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands,

If you live in an area remote from a Medicare Service Centre, or there

Department of Human Services

Contact persons details

1 Please read this before answering the following questions.

Australian citizens that have been living overseas for more

New Zealand citizens living in Australia

Permanent resident visa holders (previously enrolled in

First given name

Other given name(s)

Documents from another country

3 Your date of birth

Documents from Australia

Your postal address (if different to above)

5 Your contact details

Family or group Medicare cards

Mobile phone number

People can choose to be on separate Medicare cards or be included

Daytime phone number

Medicare Safety Net

6 Will you be listed on the Medicare card as part of this enrolment?

Bank account details

You will need to attach supporting documentation

Explain why you will not be listed (e.g. power of

7 Previous Medicare card number (if applicable)

It is not necessary to repeat the contact persons information if they

8 Previous name (if applicable)

9 Were you born in Australia?

Reason for entry to Australia (e.g. migrant residing in

First given name

11 Please read this before answering the following questions.

19 Previous name (if applicable)

Questions 11 and 12 are optional and will not affect your

20 Were they born in Australia?

Reason for entry to Australia (e.g. migrant residing in

Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?

22 Please read this before answering the following questions.

12 Are you of Australian South Sea Islander origin?

13 Do you need a duplicate Medicare card?

A duplicate card is a copy of your Medicare card. If you have

Is this person of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin?

14 Is another person enrolling as part of this application?

10 Country of residence prior to entering Australia