Immigration for General Practitioners

Visa Sponsors for General Practitioners

General Practitioner is on the Skills Shortage list. The usual pathway for an Overseas Trained Medical Graduate (IMG) to commence work as a General Practitioner on a Temporary Skill Shortage visa (subclass 482). This will also allow a spouse and children to live, work and attend school in Australia.

• At Doctor Connect we work with a range of practices who are eligible to be visa sponsors
• Most of these are registered to sponsor visas with experience in these processes
• On completion of fellowship and when holding specialist registration, a GP is likely to be eligible for permanent residency (PR)
• Although age can be a factor in some PR applications, there are pathways available for GPs over 45 years of age.

If our job listing is for a DPA location, then an IMG will be eligible to join that practice. In the complex and changeable environment of immigration, it can be useful to engage with a visa expert. We can recommend an Immigration Solicitor with experience working with immigration matters for doctors and their families.