if you post your form in the reply paid envelope you receive, it goes to medicare FIRST, and then it is forwarded for centrelink processing (unless the medicare office it has been sent to is also a FAO processing site). the turn around from lodgement to receiving payment should be less than 3 weeks (4 weeks if you add in mailing time and the amount of time it takes for money to hit your bank) - if it's been six weeks, and you've not received medicarecard or centrelink payment - i'd be making a quick call as it's possible australia post have misplaced your mail. IF it has been received by medicare or centrelink, it will have been entered on to the FAO system, and there will be a date it was received, and record of which location currently holds the form/is responsible for processing. if it is more than three weeks since it was received, and there is nothing on file showing what additional information (if any) is needed, the consultant should be able to contact the processing centre to see what is happening for you....


you may find though that they don't call through - in general, there are central processing offices - and they will have a not on their profile showing where they are at if they are behind - so don't think you're being fobbed off if they tell you that!