Australian Embassy
Lebanon

The health requirement

The health requirement, Panel Doctors, and Polio risk mitigation measures

To protect the Australian community from public health and safety risks, visa applicants must be free from any disease or condition considered a threat to public health or a danger to the Australian community.

You may be required to undergo a health examination at one of our panel doctors as part of your visa application

A panel physician is a doctor or a radiologist who has been approved by the Australian Government as a member of the panel to perform medical examinations on visa applicants who have applied from outside Australia.

Medical examinations conducted outside Australia are only acceptable if conducted by a member of the Australian panel. More information is available about the health examination for visa applicants and attending a panel physician on the health requirements page.

Wild Poliovirus

Polio is a highly infectious virus that invades the nervous system.

On 5 May 2014, the World Health Organization declared that the transmission of wild poliovirus is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and identified 10 countries as being of risk. These countries are Afghanistan, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria.

Due to the very high vaccination coverage against polio in Australia, the risk of polio spreading in Australia is considered to be low. It is nevertheless considered appropriate for measures to be put in place that mitigate that risk.

Polio – New measures for visa applicants

If you have spent a period of 28 days or longer on after 5 May 2014 in Afghanistan, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia or Syria, or any combination of these countries, you should provide your polio vaccination certificate. If you are lodging a new application, this should be provided at the time you apply.

Applicants attending a medical appointment with a panel physician should bring their vaccination certificate to the medical appointment.

If you do not provide the vaccination certificate at the time you apply, or at the time you undertake your medical appointment, your case officer may request the certificate. Otherwise, the Department may request your certificate separately and this could delay your application.

For more information on polio, see the Australian Department of Health website.

For further immigration about the migration health requirement, including the requirement for evidence of polio vaccinations, see: https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Heal/Meeting-the-health-requirement

معلومات هامة استجابة لإعلان منظمة الصحة العالمية عن حالة طوارئ صحية عامة تثير قلقاً دولياً – شلل الأطفال

في 5 أيار/مايو 2014، أعلن المدير العام لمنظمة الصحة العالمية أنّ تفشي فيروس شلل الأطفال مؤخراً على نطاق دولي يمثِّل "حالة طوارئ صحية عامة تثير قلقاً دولياً" بموجب اللوائح الصحية الدولية (IHR). وقد تمّ تحديد عشر دول مشار إليها أدناه على أنّها سجّلت مؤخراً انتشاراً لمرض شلل الأطفال.

يُطلب من مقدِّمي الطلبات الذين أمضوا 28 يوماً أو أكثر في أيّ من هذه الدول العشر المشار إليها أدناه، بتاريخ 5 أيار/مايو 2014 أو بعده، أن يرفقوا نسخة عن شهادة التطعيم خاصتهم. 

وبما أنّه يجب عليك الخضوع لفحص طبي على يد أحد الأطباء الفاحصين قبل اتخاذ قرار بشأن طلب التأشيرة خاصتك، يرجى منك إحضار شهادة التطعيم ضد شلل الأطفال إلى الموعد المحدّد للفحص الطبي.

نلفت الإنتباه إلى أنّ عدم إحضار هذه الشهادة قد يتسبّب بتأخير غير ضروري في النظر في طلبك الحصول على تأشيرة.

الدول: أفغانستان، الكاميرون، غينيا الإستوائية، أثيوبيا، العراق، إسرائيل، نيجيريا، باكستان، الصومال، وسورية.

للمزيد من المعلومات، يرجى زيارة الموقع الإلكتروني التالي:

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa/Heal/overview-of-the-health-requirement/threats-to-public-health