Evidence
You must provide:
- a quote (no more than 6 months old) or invoice (no more than 30 days old)
- 2 medical reports
- one from a registered medical specialist who is a specialist in the area that you’re applying to have medical treatment for (see ‘Relevant medical speciality’ below)
- one from either a registered medical practitioner or another registered medical specialist.
If you’re applying to pay an expense for another person, you may need to provide evidence that you’re in a dependent relationship with them.
Where the expense has been paid by borrowing money, additional documents are required to support the borrowed amount.
Examples of relevant medical specialist
If you are applying for treatment of:
- an acute or chronic mental illness, your application must include a medical report from a psychiatrist
- a life-threatening illness or injury, one medical report must be from a registered medical specialist whose speciality is relevant to the life-threatening illness or injury. For example, if you’re applying to pay for an expense to treat cancer, the specialist will be an oncologist.
Note that allied professionals, such as physiotherapists, psychologists and podiatrists, are not considered registered medical practitioners or medical specialists.