标题: 11月9日起，TR体检将不再允许"升级"后用于PR申请 [打印本页] 作者: TtiGeR 时间: 27-10-2009 11:49 标题: 11月9日起，TR体检将不再允许"升级"后用于PR申请 The department has received a number of complaints from clients and agents regarding our current re-use arrangements for permanent visa applicants who seek to re-use previous health examination reports (such as Form 26 Medical examination for an Australian visa) obtained for a temporary visa application and 'upgrade' these for a permanent health clearance.
These arrangements were intended to reduce processing times, and save clients time and money. However, the practicalities of the 'upgrade process' mean that re-use for this particular group of clients currently does not achieve this aim. Where 'upgrades' have been requested, processing delays have resulted, and some clients have still been required to complete new medicals.
Consequently, on 9 November 2009, a suspension of re-use arrangements for this group of clients will be put in place to ensure that the processing of permanent visa applications are not delayed unnecessarily.
This means that 'upgrades' of health examination reports will no longer be allowed. For example, a client who completed a chest x-ray and a form 26 medical examination for their Student visa application will no longer be able to simply undertake a new HIV test and have their previous health examination reports 'upgraded' for the purposes of a new permanent visa application. In this situation, new medicals will be required for the client's permanent visa application.
These changes will be outlined in a revised version of the Health PAM which will be released on 9 November 2009. The PAM will also provide advice about the limited exceptions available.
It is anticipated that these arrangements will be reconsidered once the department has further developed its electronic storage facilities for medicals and can provide an efficient upgrade process for you and your clients.
Note: There are no changes to other re-use arrangements which are currently working well:
Temporary health examination reports which were locally cleared and remain valid can still be re-used for a further temporary visa application.
The rules surrounding re-use of health clearances also remain the same (for example, a 457 visa applicant who completed full permanent medicals 'upfront' and received a permanent health clearance can 're-use' this clearance for their permanent visa application if it is still valid).
