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Make sure you bring all the required documents (Don't remember exactly but I know I brought the Aclnowledgement of Application Received to prove I applied for a permanent visa and my passport. There may have been more.)

You should refer to it as an 820/801 application. Medicare agents seem to get confused that the partner visa apps are actually for both temporary and permanent visas. Hence why it is an 820/801 app and not just an 820 app.

She certainly does not need to be on the bridging visa to apply for Medicare. All she needs is the acknowledgement letter that she applied 820/801 and whatever other documents needed like identity or Medicare application.

Keep in mind when she has the interim card that she'll need to update it with her doctor each time she gets a card with a new expiration date.

What's Acknowledgement of Application Received? Is that a grant letter? Sorry if this sounds silly but I'm currently on a BVA waiting for 820 to be granted.

Do you know if I can apply for medicare?

 

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Thank you so much CollegeGirl! I hope this is still valid now, they've changed so many conditions over these years

 

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I haven't seen anyone who's asked this question in come back and say they didn't get it, and I think it'd be pretty big news if they changed it. Let us know how you go! If they give you any trouble, ask for a supervisor.

Got my medicare without any hassle at all except for some super long queue!

I just had to fill in the application form, provide them with my passport and visa grant letter, that's it. And I was told that I pretty much have to repeat this step until I get the green medicare card.

Anyway thanks so much!

 

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You shouldn't have to repeat that step... They automatically send me a new interim card just before it expires each year. I've never had to go back into the office and show all the paperwork or reapply again.

That's strange...

She told me just that before Ieft her desk. To make sure I heard her correctly I repeated what she advised and she said again "yes... until you get a permanent status"