Moving to Australia

Congratulations! You’ve successfully navigated the RACGP Fellowship Exams and earned your FRACGP. This achievement marks the beginning of a new chapter—one filled with exciting opportunities and important decisions. Whether you're an international medical graduate or a local GP, here are the main considerations to help you plan your next steps. 🏡 1. Gaining Permanent Residency For international GPs, securing Permanent Residency (PR) is often a top priority. There are two mai

GP Practices can access an excellent pool of motivated Specialist Family Medicien doctors via the RACGP Specialist Pathway

Costs of PEP Specialist Pathway Registration

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

Doctor Connect guides overseas GPs on planning arrival and start dates in Australia, including visas, registration, Medicare, orientation, and accommodation tips

Expedited Pathway AHPRA Registration Document Checklist

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.

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).

Applying for a Tax File Number in Australia Receiving a Tax File Number (TFN) is crucial for anybody looking to work in Australia. Here is some important information for those looking to start the Tax File Number application process.

Healthcare in Australia is delivered by public and private sector entities and is funded by all levels of government, private health insurers, and out-of-pocket payments by individuals. The Federal Government doesn’t directly fund health service provisions, it funds Medicare benefits. It also jointly funds public hospitals with the States and Territories and provides financial assistance.

What are the English Language Test Requirements to work as a doctor in Australia?

Once your nomination has been lodged, you can apply for your visa as well. For that, you need to log in/sign up on to your VEVO account on the Immigration website.

Your Practice Manager requires the following identifiers to set you up to be ready to commence seeing patients: Medicare Provider Number; Prescriber Number; and HPI Number . You may need to call Medicare to ask for your Provider Number.