Payments while outside Australia
To get your payment or concession card while outside Australia, you must continue to meet the qualification rules at all times.
- Top payments
- Health Care Card
Who can get a Health Care Card
You may get a Health Care Card if you get specific payments or supplements from us. You’ll get it if you’re on the maximum rate of Family Tax Benefit Part A.
- Seeking medical help
- Most useful information
Medicare Safety Net Registration and Amendment for Couples and Families form (MS016)
Use this form to register or amend your family's details for the Medicare Safety Net.
- Seeking medical help
- Get health care
Concession and health care cards
Concession and health care cards can get you cheaper health services and medicines.
Access to information
Providing you a number of ways to access documents and the information we have.
- How to claim
- Prove your identity
Proving your identity online for Centrelink
How to prove who you are to Centrelink online.
- Top payments
- Australian Immunisation Register
How to get immunisation history statements
How to get your immunisation history statements as proof of vaccinations. You can also get a statement for your child.
- How to claim
- Prove your identity
Proving your identity over the phone with Centrelink
How to prove who you are over the phone.
- Natural disaster
- Most useful information
Crisis and other help
We can help if you’re in severe financial hardship, recovering from a disaster, or need special assistance.
- Medicare online account
- How to set up your account
Common error messages when linking Medicare to myGov
Information about why you may not be able to link Medicare to your myGov account and how to correct the error.