Migration of Medical Practitioners under the General Skilled Migration Program

Changes to immigration arrangements have been made that will assist medical practitioners who wish to migrate to Australia. The change, made as part of the enhancements to Medicare, will allow Medical Practitioners to migrate to Australia under the points-tested General Skilled Migration (GSM) program.

Skills assessment process

If your nominated occupation is medical practitioner, you must make get an assessment of your qualifications for medical registration.

If you are an overseas trained specialist whose primary medical qualifications are not recognised in Australia, you must apply to have your specialist training and qualifications assessed to determine whether or not they are equivalent to Australian trained specialists currently entering the Australian workforce with an IELTS score of 7 Bands overall in academic module.

You must obtain evidence of full medical registration in order to lodge a valid application for migration under the General Skilled Migration program.

The Immigration Department will accept the following certificates issued by the Medical Board as evidence of full registration:

1. full/unconditional/general medical registration; or
2. conditional Specialist registration (that is, allowing a person to practise only in their particular speciality, with no further training or supervision requirements

Specialist Medical Colleges

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