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Allowable card extension periods

Table 1

Entitlement types

Entitlement periods

Applicants for permanent residency (Flag P)

Linked to the Department of Home Affairs (DIAC link)

Ongoing for 42 months

  • 1st card is issued for 12 months
  • 2nd card automatically reissues for 12 months
  • 3rd to 5th cards automatically issue for 6 months

Note: 1st to 5th cards = 42 months.

After 42 months, cards may be manually extended from date of processing for

  • 12 months, or
  • visa expiry date if earlier

Not linked to Home Affairs

  • 1st card is issued for 12 months
  • 2nd card is a manual extension from date of processing for:
    • 12 months, or
    • visa expiry date if earlier
  • 3rd to 5th cards are manual extensions from date of processing for:
    • 6 months, or
    • visa expiry date if earlier
  • After the 5th card and all further cards, if required, manual extensions from the date of processing for:
    • 12 months, or
    • visa expiry date if earlier

Refused applications

Manual extension from date of processing for:

  • 12 months, or
  • visa expiry date if earlier

Applications for permanent protection visas (Flag Z)

Linked to Home Affairs (DIAC link)

Ongoing for 24 months

  • 1st card is issued for 12 months
  • 2nd and 3rd cards automatically reissues for 6 months

Note: 1st to 3rd cards = 24 months

After 24 months, cards may be manually extended from date of processing for:

  • 6 months, or
  • visa expiry date if earlier

Not linked to Home Affairs

  • 1st card is issued for 12 months
  • 2nd card onwards is manual extension from date of processing for:
  • 6 months, or
  • visa expiry date if earlier

Refused application

Manual extension from date of processing for:

  • 12 months, or
  • visa expiry date if earlier

Letters

Services Australia has endorsed the below letters for use. It is the latest version. Do not use locally produced letters or electronic message.

Enrolling in Medicare (Z0139)

Request for information to complete or change your Medicare enrolment (Z0137)

All outbound correspondence must follow quality assurance processes. See Preparing, quality and peer to peer checking of Medicare external mail

Medicare Document Verification Service (DVS) result codes

  • Y = successful verification
  • N = failed verification
  • S = system unavailable, try again later
  • D = data out of range (document either expired, stolen, lost)

Data tables and country codes

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Contact details

Medicare and Aged Care - Local Peer Support (LPS)

Forms

Medicare enrolment form (MS004)