DPA

The Royal Australian College of GPs lists the Membership of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia ” as Substantially Comparable. This enables these Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) to live and work in Australian Capital Cities.

Doctors moving to Australia on the PEP Specialist Pathway typically come on the Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482). If your practice hasn't gone through this immigration process before, please advise us and we can help you plan this out. We don't want this to be a reason for a delay in the arrival of your new team member.

Welcome to Mandurah, Western Australia - a great place to live and work as a GP

MICGPs holding CSCST, and MRCGPs holding CCT may be able to start work in Australia within 3 months, or less, of registration processing time. GPs are Prioritised by the Medical Board to create a fast track process to get more medical specialists to Australia.

Learn how Distribution Priority Areas (DPA) affect International Medical Graduates accessing Medicare and working as GPs in Australia.

Immigration for International SIMG GPs Moving to Australia in 2026. Doctors moving to Australia on the AHPRA Expedited Pathway, or the RACGP  PEP Specialist Pathway will come on the Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482).

Medicare’s 19AB rules require doctors who studied their medical degree outside Australia to work in an area of distribution priority area (DPA) for their first 10 years of practice here. The Department of Health offers a pathway called “scaling” to reduce the 10 year period by working in general practice in more rural and remote.

ACRRM Specialist Pathway, for DPA/MM4 location - a pathway with a focus on rural and remote practice