Hi, anyone know anything about this?

My TGF contracted Hep B and now has a surface anti-gen after getting inferon treatment (nearly killed her)

What are the chances of her getting a visa to AU? She has a good job in TH and a condo paid for, so she has many reasons for coming back.

She would also like to later immigrate to AU, will this Hep B effect her application(s)?

Any comments gratefully accepted.

(By the way, she got this infection from a cut while working as a nurse)

She should be able to get a tourist visa - the form asks whether the applicant expects to need medical treatment for a number of medical conditions and Hep B is one of them. If she is OK now I guess you wouldn't EXPECT to be incurring any costs for medical treatment...I would just tick the NO box.

see page 6 at http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/48.pdf

Don't know about the situation for immigration tho'.

good luck

If she tries to immigrate to Australia, the required health checks will show that she has Hep B, and may preclude her from consideration.