Australia enjoys some of the best health standards in the world.

In order to help maintain these standards you must satisfy the health requirements specified in the Migration Regulations before you can be granted a visa for Australia.

Dependants and family members who are included in the visa application are individually required to satisfy health requirements.

Australia's health requirements are designed to:

minimise public health and safety risks to the Australian community,
contain public expenditure on health and community services, including Australian social security benefits, allowances or pensions, and
maintain access of Australian residents to health and other community services.
In line with Australia's global non-discriminatory immigration policy, the health requirement applies equally to all visa applicants from all countries.

Please note that Australia reserves the right to request medical information in any circumstances.

In view of the World Health Organisation's declaration of a global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB), particular care is taken to screen for this disease including stringent treatment recommendations where signs of earlier infection, however small or old, are apparent.

Should you have TB, you will not be permitted to visit Australia until you have completed recommended treatment and successful re-testing.