What benefits do parents enjoy after emigrating to Australia?

What benefits do parents enjoy after emigrating to Australia?

Welfare 1: National Medical Card

After parents get a perma

What benefits do parents enjoy after emigrating to Australia?

What benefits do parents enjoy after emigrating to Australia?

Welfare 1: National Medical Card

After parents get a permanent residence visa for their parents, they can get a "national medical card" immediately, whether by queuing or paying. With this card, it is free to see a doctor in a public hospital and a general practitioner in a wholesale medical center. After seeing the doctor, as long as you sign the bill, the medical adjustment center will go to the government department to recover the consultation fee. Generally, there is no need to pay the inspection fee. If you are going to do B-ultrasound or filming, you usually have to pay about 40%. You have to pay for prescription drugs yourself.

Note: Parents can enjoy the "National Medical Card" immediately after obtaining their parents' permanent residence visa, whether by queuing or paying fees.

Welfare II: Senior Citizen Card

Parents who have reached the age of 60 can apply for a senior citizen card, whether they get a permanent immigrant visa by queuing or paying fees. Each state has different policies, and holders of senior citizen cards can enjoy the "senior citizen" discount of taking a bus, taking a boat and shopping. You don't need to pass the income, residence and other tests to apply for the old-age card. You can apply when you are old. Take any bus, ferry, etc. In New South Wales, you only pay $2.50 a day.

Note: Parents can apply for a "senior citizen card" as long as they are over 60 years old, whether they get a permanent immigrant visa by queuing or paying fees.

Welfare III: Health Card

After living in Australia for 104 days, parents can apply for a health card for low-income people, whether by queuing or paying fees to obtain a permanent immigrant visa.

With this card, you can:

Enjoy the cheap drug price of the drug welfare plan. One advantage that old immigrants know is that the card is suitable for all kinds of prescription drugs, no matter what the original price of the drugs is, you only need to pay $6.3 a box;

Welfare IV: Federal Health Care Card for the Elderly

Parents can enjoy the elderly health card as long as they have lived in Australia for 104 weeks.

Although you need to live in Australia 104 weeks when applying for this card, the applicant can apply in advance 3 months before the birthday that meets the requirements of the old-age pension.

Further reading: What must new immigrants from Australia do when they enter the country?

1. Apply for an Australian driver's license

In Australia, anyone aged 16 can apply for a driver's license. The exam is usually divided into two steps: the first step is the traffic rules exam (with Chinese version), that is, the applicant obtains the learning driver's license through the theoretical written test; The second step is the road test, that is, learning to drive on the road and obtaining a temporary driver's license through the road test.

Australian business immigrant visa holders can use China driver's license to drive within 3 months after their arrival in Australia. China's driver's license is not in English, so you should apply for a notarized English driver's license as soon as you arrive in Australia. However, for convenience, it is recommended to apply for an Australian driver's license as soon as possible. Business immigrant visa holders with a China driver's license can get a study driver's license only by taking a theoretical written test, and then they can take a road test directly, and then they can get a formal driver's license directly after passing. (No need to take a 3-year temporary driver's license! )

Open a bank account

Opening a bank account in an Australian bank requires important identification documents, such as passport and driver's license, and your address letter. (This can meet the minimum appraisal score of ordinary banks 100. )

In addition, Australians rarely carry large amounts of cash, debit cards, credit cards and personal checks with them. Banks in Australia are all connected to the national network, and they can handle account opening, deposit and withdrawal, remittance and other procedures at any branch in any city. Some branches of Australian banks in China can even open an account for you before you go to Australia, allowing you to remit money first and then use it in Australia.

New immigrants from Australia are advised to apply for and use credit cards. During daily consumption, try to use credit cards to accumulate credit, so as to lay a good foundation for mortgage loans for goods such as car purchase in the future. The credit card incentive scheme of Australian banks is generally 0.6- 1% of the total consumption, which is slightly higher than that of China.

3. Handling individual tax number TFN

Everyone who has a work permit in Australia must apply for a tax number, usually 9 digits. It is used in work, tax declaration, tax payment, use of government services and application for welfare. The tax number can be applied after the first login. Or when you are in Australia, you can apply on the website of the Inland Revenue Department, and you need to provide your address in Australia. Usually, if you don't provide the tax number to your bank, the bank will help the tax bureau deduct your tax from the interest.