Navigating The Health Requirements For Australian Visas

Most people applying for Australian visas are required to satisfy prescribed health requirements which are intended to protect the Australian community from health threats while safeguarding access of Australians to health care and community services as well as public expenditure on those services.

To satisfy the health requirements, a visa applicant will generally need to demonstrate they that are:

• Free from active tuberculosis;
• Free from a disease or condition that would represent a threat to public health or danger to the Australian community (e.g. Ebola); and
• Free from a disease or condition that:
  • is likely to require health care or community services; or
  • Meet the medical criteria for the provision of a community service during the prescribed period and provision of that health care or community services would likely result in either:
    • significant cost to the Australian community in areas of health care and community services; or