From overseas · Sep 2026
Moving to Australia
Why this matters. Registration, a visa and a job are three separate steps. This page links the official forms and the published fees it has read. It does not decide an application.
Three gates: registration, a visa, and a job. This page is the published fees and the official pages for doctors coming from New Zealand, the United Kingdom and India. Not a migration agent. Not a registration decision.
Where to start
A New Zealand primary degree and an Indian degree that was later registered in New Zealand are not the same route.
1 · Medical Board
New Zealand medical degree
A primary medical qualification from New Zealand is recognised for general registration under a separate arrangement from the exam pathways. Confirm it on the Board, not from a forum.
Medical Board ↗2 · Medical Board
Registered in New Zealand after NZREX
Competent authority category E is the New Zealand Registration Examination plus the MCNZ rotating internship. The exam alone is not the category.
Medical Board ↗3 · Home Affairs
New Zealand citizens and the visa
New Zealand citizens are usually granted a Special Category visa (subclass 444) on arrival. That is the right to be in Australia. It is not AHPRA registration.
Home Affairs ↗
What the forms ask for
English
The Board’s English standard applies unless you are in an exemption they publish. IELTS and OET are the usual tests. The score is on their page.
Medical Board ↗Identity, police, recency
Identity, criminal history, overseas registration history, and recency of practice are on the application. Primary-source verification of the degree goes through the AMC’s process.
AMC ↗A supervised job
Provisional and limited registration need a position with supervision the Board accepts. The job ad and the registration are both required. Neither replaces the other.
Medical Board ↗Indemnity
You need professional indemnity that covers the work before you practise. The insurer quotes it. This site does not.
Medical Board ↗Medicare provider number
Registration is not a provider number. Billing Medicare needs a provider number from Services Australia, and some locations have extra rules.
Services Australia ↗
Published fees
Medical Board schedule 1 August 2026. AMC fees as listed on their charges page. These are not a quote for your application.
AHPRA / Medical Board
Fee schedule ↗| Provisional registration application — IMG, degree outside Australia and New Zealand | $7731 August 2026 |
| Provisional registration, annual fee | $5431 August 2026 |
| General registration application | $1,6611 August 2026 |
| General registration, annual fee | $1,1021 August 2026 |
| Specialist registration application | $1,6611 August 2026 |
| Limited registration application | $1,1311 August 2026 |
| Limited registration, annual fee | $1,1021 August 2026 |
Application fee and registration fee are both paid when you apply. NSW registrants have a different registration fee on the same schedule.
Australian Medical Council
AMC fees ↗| AMC CAT MCQ authorisation | $2,920 |
| AMC clinical exam, in person | $3,000 |
| AMC clinical exam, online (includes levy) | $3,400 |
| Workplace-based assessment | $1,070 |
College specialist-assessment fees are on that college’s site. Visa charges are on Home Affairs. Neither is in this table.
After you can work
Pay, tax and a house are separate sketches. They do not assume a visa or a provider number.
- Income tax calculator — resident brackets, once you are a resident for tax.
- Award pay by state — intern to registrar ordinary hours. Consultant packages differ.
- Jobs — public hospitals here, Seek, and the overseas boards.
- Pay and a house, other cities — Sydney against Auckland, London and the rest.
Next: Jobs — A supervised job is a separate gate from registration.
Also
What doctors often miss
Registration, a visa and a job are three separate steps. The page links the official forms. It does not decide an application.
Included / Not included
Included
- Links to Home Affairs, AHPRA, and Medicare. No eligibility decision · pages linked on the card
Not included
- Whether you will be registered or granted a visa
- Pay once you arrive
- Stamp duty and health insurance after arrival
Assumptions you can edit are the inputs on this page. This is a model, not a prediction, a tax assessment, or a recommendation.
A rough figure — not advice. Terms
Advertisement — labelled, never inside the number.