Roz

My husband's future employer is applying for a temporary long term
business 457 visa, and if all goes well, we should be leaving for
Sydney in November.
Myself and our 4-year old daughter will be included as dependents on
the visa.

I am expecting our second child in February 2008 and I'm anxious about
how the cost of having the baby will be covered. So far, I've
discovered that I will not be entitled to Medicare as the UK no longer
has a reciprocal agreement with Australia. Also, there is a 12 month
waiting period for pregnancy-related claims on both of the Australian
private health insurance policies recommended by my husband's future
employer.

So, at the moment, I don't see any alternative but to just pay for the
birth ourselves. Does anyone know of an alternative solution? Or, does
anyone know approximately how much a straightforward birth in hospital
costs in Australia? If we do have to pay ourselves, it would help to
know roughly how much it will be.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Many thanks, Roz

-William

On Oct 10, 10:41 pm, roz <roz.
2y8...@advice.forums.gettingdownunder.com> wrote:
> My husband's future employer is applying for a temporary long term
> business 457 visa, and if all goes well, we should be leaving for
> Sydney in November.
> Myself and our 4-year old daughter will be included as dependents on
> the visa.
>
> I am expecting our second child in February 2008 and I'm anxious about
> how the cost of having the baby will be covered. So far, I've
> discovered that I will not be entitled to Medicare as the UK no longer
> has a reciprocal agreement with Australia. Also, there is a 12 month
> waiting period for pregnancy-related claims on both of the Australian
> private health insurance policies recommended by my husband's future
> employer.
>
> So, at the moment, I don't see any alternative but to just pay for the
> birth ourselves. Does anyone know of an alternative solution? Or, does
> anyone know approximately how much a straightforward birth in hospital
> costs in Australia? If we do have to pay ourselves, it would help to
> know roughly how much it will be.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Many thanks, Roz
>
> --
> roz
> Posted viahttp://www.gettingdownunder.com

You could try to get the employer to cover it as part of the
employment contract

Greg

George Lombard

On Oct 10, 10:41 pm, roz <roz.
2y8...@advice.forums.gettingdownunder.com> wrote:
> My husband's future employer is applying for a temporary long term
> business 457 visa, and if all goes well, we should be leaving for
> Sydney in November.
> Myself and our 4-year old daughter will be included as dependents on
> the visa.
>
> I am expecting our second child in February 2008 and I'm anxious about
> how the cost of having the baby will be covered. So far, I've
> discovered that I will not be entitled to Medicare as the UK no longer
> has a reciprocal agreement with Australia. Also, there is a 12 month
> waiting period for pregnancy-related claims on both of the Australian
> private health insurance policies recommended by my husband's future
> employer.
>
> So, at the moment, I don't see any alternative but to just pay for the
> birth ourselves. Does anyone know of an alternative solution? Or, does
> anyone know approximately how much a straightforward birth in hospital
> costs in Australia? If we do have to pay ourselves, it would help to
> know roughly how much it will be.
>
> Any help would be gratefully received.
>
> Many thanks, Roz
>
> --
> roz
> Posted viahttp://www.gettingdownunder.com

Hi Roz,

No that's a quite difficult situation and I'd suggest that you look at
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/..._italy.s html
closely as well as talking to various onshore health insurers to get
an idea of the range of costs. But a critical factor is that the
employer is obliged to make sure that your health costs are covered
and to that extent I'd be inviting the employer to negotiate on the
costs involved. See http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skill...sa_holders.pdf
.

Cheers,

George Lombard

www.austimmigration.com.au