Ep 9. Health Waiver for Failed Health Requirement

Keywords:
EOI, Medical Officer of Commonwealth of Australia (MOC), Health Waiver

Episode Summary:

When you apply for a visa, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​you and family members who apply for a visa with you might need to have health examinations to prove you meet the health requirement. If you fail to meet the health requirement, a visa processing offer may consider exercising a health waiver, if it is available for your visa subclass, and contact you to advise you of this and seek further information from you. A health waiver visa is only available for a Partner Visa or Employer Nominated Visa.

In this podcast, Amitava clarifies under what circumstance can an applicant exercise this waiver. There are certain situations under which a health waiver can be denied by the Medical Officer of the Commonwealth (MOC) of Australia. The reasons behind them and the impact of a migrants poor health on the Australian Health System are the salient points of this episode.

Podcast Chapters:

• (00:00) What is a Health Waiver?
• (03:30) Medical Officer Exercising Health Waiver
• (06:07) How to Exercise a Health Waiver?
• (07:24) Conditions for Health Waiver Denial
• (08:53) What Next When Your Visa is Refused
• (13:30) Any Waiver for Parent Visa?

Additional Resources:

• Health Waivers