How to Renew Your Medicare Card in Australia: If you are enrolled in Medicare and at least 15 years old, you may renew your own Medicare card and number. You can apply for a Medicare card through a website or by submitting a paper application.
Additionally, you can acquire a new card by collaborating with others. Your specified address will receive the card. It will arrive within three to four weeks. A digital copy of your Medicare card is immediately functional.
How to obtain an online Medicare card
By linking your Medicare online account to myGov, you can obtain your card online. Additionally, the Express Plus Medicare mobile app is available.
How to get a Medicare card online
- Sign in to myGov
- Select My card
- Select Get a new card and number
- Follow the prompts
You can get your card online if you meet all of these requirements:
- you’re living in Australia and you’re an Australian citizen, a New Zealand citizen or you have a permanent resident visa
- you’re 15 or older
- you’re on one Medicare card only
- your current Medicare card has other people on it
You can request a replacement Medicare card if yours is lost, stolen, or damaged.
You may accomplish this by accessing your Medicare online account via myGov or the Express Plus Medicare mobile application.
To accomplish this:
- Authorize access to myGov.
- After selecting “Obtain a Replacement,” proceed by following the on-screen instructions.
- Log in to MyGov.
- Additionally, you may contact the Medicare program by phone.
- The Express Plus Medicare application provides immediate access to a digital copy of your newly issued Medicare card.
Replacing your expired card
We will issue a replacement card to you four to eight weeks before the expiration of your current one. Nothing needs to be done on your part. It will be delivered to the address on file for you.
Please inform us of any changes to your address. If you do not renew your card before its expiration date, it will be sent to your old address. Learn how to modify your Medicare information.
If your card is not returned, you may request a replacement by:
- By accessing your Medicare program via the Express Plus Medicare mobile app and your Medicare online account via myGov.
