You can enrol in Medicare if you’re a New Zealand citizen. You’ll need to give us both:
- a New Zealand passport for each person you want to enrol
- 2 documents per family that prove you live in Australia dated within the last 6 months.
Proving you live in Australia
You can prove you live in Australia by giving us either:
- 2 documents from Australia
- 1 document from Australia and 1 from where you last lived.
| Documents from Australia | Documents from the other country |
|---|---|
| Proof of rental or lease agreement and gas or electricity account in the same name | Proof you sold your property |
| Proof of purchase of property and gas or electricity account in the same name | Proof you ended your lease |
| Proof of job | Proof you ended your job |
| Proof your child is enrolled in school, childcare or university | Proof you moved household goods or furniture |
| A statement showing you opened your bank account | A statement showing you closed your bank account |
| Proof of health, property or contents insurance | Proof you cancelled health, property or contents insurance |
You don’t need to get your documents certified.
Complete a Medicare enrolment form and mail or email it with your documents to Medicare Enrolment Services.
If you don’t have these documents, tell us. We’ll talk to you about other options.