Enrol in Medicare through myGov
Who can enrol in Medicare through myGov
You can enrol in Medicare through myGov if you are a:
- permanent resident or have applied for permanent residency
- Australian citizen
- New Zealand citizen living in Australia
- visa holder covered by a ministerial order
- visitor from Italy or the United Kingdom (UK).
You must also be living in Australia, unless you are visiting from Italy or the UK.
You can enrol as an individual or as a family.
What you need to enrol
You need to have:
- your current passport or ImmiCard
- your visa details from the Department of Home Affairs
- one or more supporting documents.
Find out what documents you need if you are a permanent resident or have applied for permanent residency on the Services Australia website.
How to enrol
If you have created a myGov account, sign in to enrol in Medicare.
Follow these steps to enrol in Medicare through your myGov account:
- Sign in to myGov.
- Select View and link services.
- Go to Medicare and select Link.
- Select Enrol in Medicare.
- Follow the prompts.
You can also use the myGov app to enrol in Medicare.
Enrolling as a family
If you have included someone else who is 15 or older, give that person your application number.
To complete their enrolment, they need to sign in to their own myGov account and provide the number, their details and their identity documents.
Viewing the status of your enrolment
You can view the status of your enrolment application by signing in to myGov and selecting Go to Medicare from your linked services.
When the status of your application changes, you will get a message in your myGov Inbox.
After you enrol
If your application is approved, you’ll get your Medicare card in the mail.
You can use your Medicare card details to link Medicare to your myGov account.
If it is not working, read more about common error messages when linking Medicare to myGov on the Services Australia website. If you still need help, call the Medicare program line on the Services Australia website.