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How to enrol your baby in Medicare if they were born overseas

You can enrol your overseas born baby in Medicare if you’re an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

  1. How to enrol
  2. Enrolling your baby in Medicare

How you enrol your baby in Medicare if your child is adopted

You can add your child to your Medicare card when the adoption is final.

  1. Medicare
  2. What's covered

Who's covered by Medicare

Support for families, children, Indigenous Australians, and people living in remote areas.

  1. When your baby arrives
  2. Enrol your baby in Medicare only

Enrolling your baby in Medicare if you become a parent through surrogacy

You can enrol your baby in Medicare when your surrogacy arrangement is finalised.

  1. Growing up
  2. Most useful information

Changes if you get family payments

Sometimes there are changes that may affect you when you get family payments.

Rural customers and primary producers

Some rural properties and farms have more than one title or larger blocks than residential properties. The asset test rules are different for these properties.

Income specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

If you or your partner earn an income or someone gives you money from any source, you need to let us know.

Payment and Service Finder

An online tool to see what payments and services you may be eligible for.

Seasonal work preclusion period

This applies if you or your partner finished seasonal, contract or intermittent work within 6 months of submitting your claim.

  1. Asset types
  2. Private trusts and companies

Trust reviews

How we check that you correctly report the income you receive from a trust.

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Page last updated: 17 November 2025.
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