Country information Australia
Health insurance for foreign guests in Australia
Australia is one of the most popular travel destinations worldwide. In 2015 about 7,000,000 people entered Australia with a visa. Australia’s popularity can be explained with its wealth of nature and culture. Guests in Australia have many possibilities to experience spectecular natural sights: from tropical rainforests, red deserts to vast snowfields. But it is also the countries rich culture that brings visitors to Australia. The combination of the nearly 60,000 years old Aboriginal community and the diverse influences of the numerous immigrants created a unique heritage, which is not comparable to any other culture.
Maybe your visit in Australia will arouse your desire to become a student in Australia or to start a job in Australia?
Eligible group
If you want to enter Australia as a visitor you will need a visa. The adequate visa for a touristic stay in Australia is the Visitor visa (subclass 600). Holders of the Visitors visa are allowed to enter Australia for a stay up to three, six or twelve moths. Following requirements must be met:
- you must be travelling to Australia for vistor or business visitor proposes
- you must meet health and character requirements
- you must be outside Australia when the visa is decided
- you must prove sufficent funds to support yourself during your stay in Australia
Here you can find further informations on the Visitors visa.
If you are citizen of the following countries you can visit Australia with a eVisitor visa (subclass 651):
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Republic of San Marino, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom – British Citizen, Vatican City.
The advantage of the eVisitor visa is that it is free of charge. Here you can find further informations on the eVisitor visa.
Legal basics about health insurance for guests in Australia
As a foreign guest in Australia you are generally neither covered through the statutory healthcare system of your home country nor through Australia’s statutory healthcare system.
The Visitors visa does not require a prove of travel health insurance. Still, you are responsible for all your health costs appearing during your stay as a visitor in Australia. This is why taking out a adequate international health insurance is very reasonable.
Citizens of countries Australia has a Reciprocal Health Care Agreements (RHCA) with have limited access to Medicare. Please note that the limited access to Medicare through RHCA does not replace private travel health insurance for your stay abroad.
Insurance advice
Every country has its own healthcare system. On the basis of characteristics like your home country, the duration of your stay, the reason of your stay and the destination of your trip different needs for health insurance appear. Our organistion recommends Care Concept AG from Germany for health insurance solutions abroad. Click here for further informations about Care Concept AG.
As a Guest in Australia you are not insured through the statutory health insurance in your home country. Citizens of countries Australia has a Reciprocal Health Care Agreements (RHCA) with have limited access to Medicare. Please note that the limited access to Medicare through RHCA does not replace private travel health insurance for your stay abroad. It is your duty to get a suitable health insurance to cover any medical costs occur during your stay in Australia. For foreign guests in Australia we recommend the travel health insurance Care Discover.
Guest in Australia from Germany and Austria
Foreign guests in Australia from Germany and Austria can check out special health insurance solutions.
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