Title: How to enrol and get started in Medicare - Enrolling your baby in Medicare - Services Australia
Headings: Enrolling your baby in Medicare
Enrolling your baby in Medicare
If you claim a Centrelink family payment
If you don’t claim a Centrelink family payment
Using your online account or mobile device
Using your Newborn Child Declaration form
Using the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicare enrolment and amendment form
If you don’t have a Newborn Child Declaration form

Content: You’ll need to provide proof of birth documents. This can be any of the following: a birth certificate or extract
other Australian Government documents that verify the child’s name and date of birth
a letter from the doctor or midwife who attended the birth. If you’re using a letter from the doctor or midwife as proof, it must include: details of the child’s parents
the child’s name, date and place of birth
the doctor or midwife’s signature, qualifications, contact information and registration number. We’ll enrol your baby and add them to your Medicare card. We’ll also add them to the Australian Immunisation Register. We’ll send you a new Medicare card with your baby on it. You should get it in 3 to 4 weeks. You can get a digital version of your updated card immediately in the Express Plus Medicare app.