nib Overseas Visitor Health Cover (OVHC)

See what’s offered by nib OVHC and find the right cover level

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

OVHC policies offered by nib

The table below lists the current OVHC policies available from nib. They will all satisfy visa 8501 condition 8501. Price estimates are monthly, based on a single person living in NSW.

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Meets condition 8501
Hospital cover
Dental
Medical repatriation
Price
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From $64.57 per month
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From $107.03 per month
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From $171.47 per month
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From $272.78 per month
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Finder Score for overseas health insurance

To 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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nib products for students (OSHC)

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. Price estimates are monthly, based on a single person living in NSW.

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Meets condition 8501
Hospital cover
Dental
Medical repatriation
Price
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From $56.63 per month
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Finder Score for overseas health insurance

To 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.

Read the full Finder Score methodology

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