NauruMedical treatment
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The special-purpose ground includes arrival because of a medical emergency. It is not described as a visa for planned elective treatment.
a person who arrives in Nauru due to stress of weather or a medical or other emergency or other similar cause;
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the hospital or healthcare-provider documentation required.
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how treatment costs, living costs and insurance must be shown.
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a companion may accompany the patient and under what permission.
A special-purpose visa can be applied for before or after arrival and for the period specified in the grant. After an emergency entry, an immigration officer must be informed as soon as practicable of the entry and reason. The official source does not state an extension or follow-up mechanism for continuing treatment.
An application for a special purpose visa may be made before, or after entry into Nauru.
A special purpose visa may be granted: (a) for any period specified in it; and (b) for a single entry or multiple entries.
The person who has entered Nauru, or another person on his or her behalf, shall inform an immigration officer as soon as practicable of the entry and the reason for it.
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