Health insurance for international students

Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) is intended to assist international students to meet the costs of medical and hospital care that they may need while in Australia. A condition of the Student visa requires that students maintain adequate health insurance for the duration of their visa.

From 1 July 2010 students must obtain OSHC for the proposed duration of their Student visa. Student visa applicants who have obtained OSHC prior to 1 July 2010 but do not lodge an application until after this date will not be asked to obtain further insurance. You will be expected to renew your policy when it expires.

Note: If you are from Norway or Sweden, your government will provide your overseas health cover.
See: Frequently Asked Questions - Health Insurance for International Students (133KB PDF file)

为了让国际学生在澳洲学生生活中的健康得到充分保障，澳洲移民局规定，从2010年7月1日起，所有留学生在申请签证时，必须支付留学签证所涵盖的所有健康保险，此金额在学校出入取通知书时告知需要支付的期限及金额。

The cover is calculated as follows:  

Course Duration	Visa / OSHC required
10 months or less	Course duration plus an extra 1 months cover
more than 10 months (finishing January to September)	Course duration plus an extra 2 months cover
more than 10 months (finishing October to December)	Course duration plus additional month to cover student until 15 March the following year