RACGP Part C & Medicare Provider Number (MPN)

As your registration journey gets close to the end, its important to have a clear idea of what needs to be done in your transition from the Immigration stage, into RACGP Part C & your Medicare Provider Number (MPN).

Lets keep one step ahead, its best to prepare for Part C and MPN when your visa application is lodged, and we’ll aim for all information to be ready when the visa is granted, so that we can have everything Approval Ready as soon as possible.

Stage 1, Lodge PART C

• When you’ve had your AHPRA and Visa Granted, you’re eligible to lodge RACGP Part C

• Key Requirements for Part C:

            1. Evidence of AHPRA Registration: A copy of your registration, which must appear on the AHPRA website

            2. Evidence of Visa: A valid visa allowing work in Australia, including visa type and any restrictions or conditions

            3. AHPRA Registration Number (number only, not Certificate)

            4. Moratorium Period, which is 10 years from your AHPRA Registration date

• Its great to do this on the same day that your Visa is granted, this online process can take as little as 10 minutes, and you will likely have all of the required information to hand from previous recent processes

Likely Timing for PART C Processing

Depending on workloads and public holidays, Part C processing can take anywhere from 1 day up until 3 weeks to process.

*Its ok to send a polite enquire reply email after one week to ask if there is anything that can be done to progress.

Stage 2, Accept Your Program Agreement, and Pay the Invoice

• You'll receive email notification that your Part C has been processed. This email comes from pepspecialistadmin@racgp.org.au , Subject: PEP Specialist Stream Program Agreement PC and invoice

• You will then be required to carry out the following steps within three weeks:

            1. Accept the attached terms and conditions of the Program Agreement - Review and authorise your attached "Specialist Program Agreement PC" (we can arrange this to be done online with Adobe Sign if you would like)

            2. Pay the $12,525 invoice for your term - link is provided

            3. Complete the attached Application for Membership, and become a financial member of the RACGP - you will receive a separate email with the relevant link - Calculated on a pro-rata basis, of $632 for GPs in training for the 2025–26 period

            4. Submit evidence of completing a basic life support (BLS); OR: you can reply email to the college explaining that you will completed this requirement when you arrive in Australia

            5. Submit application for RACGP Fellowship program provider number

Stage 3, Application for Initial Medicare Provider Number (MPN)

• Lodge Application for Initial Medicare Provider Number (MPN)

• To have your PEP provider number processed, you need to complete the Medicare HW019 form and submit it via email to ApprovedPlacement@racgp.org.au  

• This will include five attachments:

1. HW019 MPN Initial Provider Number form – you need to sign this form and scan and email back to us

2. Passport

3. Visa

4. AHPRA Registration Certificate

5. Practice Letter of Support – we will gather this from the practice

*Sending forms directly through to Medicare will delay the process so we will send this application and relevant documentation directly through to ApprovedPlacement@racgp.org.au 

RACGP’s Approval Checklist

The RACGP will process your application once you’ve:

• accepted your Program Agreement

• paid your invoice for the fees for the term

• become a financial member of the RACGP

• provided evidence of BLS course completion (/plans to do BLS in Australia).

When you receive an email from ApprovedPlacement@racgp.org.au  confirming they have forwarded your application to the MPN, make sure you let your practice and your Doctor Connect team member know, so that we can start counting down the 14 final days with the practice together.

Potential Delays

Across all of the above, there can be delays while we:

1. Wait for Part C to be processed

2. Await payment to be made for the Term’s education Fees

3. Wait for Approved Pathways to process

4. Medicare Provider Number (MPN) - up to 14 days

Avoiding Delays

What can I do to avoid any delays in this part of the process?

• Watch your inbox for emails from the RACGP

• Be prepared to make the payments as they come up

• We always aim to lodge Approval Ready applications, your Doctor Connect Team member is available to double check on this

• If any stage of this process has stalled for around 3 – 5 days, it’s a good idea to politely reply email back to your case officer at the RACGP and ask them if there is anything that can be done to assist; this can be a prompt if something has caused the process a delay

• CC your Doctor Connect team member in emails with the colleague, then we can help to monitor

• Remember to be patient