Many overseas visitor and student visas for Australia will require you to have a form of health insurance, often referred to as overseas visitor health cover (OVHC) or overseas student health cover (OSHC). nib is one of many Australian health insurance providers that offers this type of cover.
nib is one of Australia’s most prominent health insurance providers, covering more than one million customers in Australia and New Zealand. It is known for flexible policies that offer a range of options and cover levels, and brings the same benefits to its OVHC range.
The table below lists the current OVHC policies available from nib. Check the "Meets condition 8501" column below, and confirm with nib that the policy you pick meets the requirements of your particular visa before you buy.
We currently don't have that product, but here are others to consider:
How we picked theseTo make comparing overseas health insurance even easier, we developed the Finder Score. Factors like price, hospital cover, extras cover, emergency travel, and more are weighted and scaled across 50+ policies from 15+ providers to produce a score out of 10. The higher the score, the more competitive the policy.
nib also offers an OSHC policy, which is specifically built for people on a student visa. The table below has details on nib's OSHC product.
We currently don't have that product, but here are others to consider:
How we picked theseTo make comparing overseas health insurance even easier, we developed the Finder Score. Factors like price, hospital cover, extras cover, emergency travel, and more are weighted and scaled across 50+ policies from 15+ providers to produce a score out of 10. The higher the score, the more competitive the policy.
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