To apply for a joint ticket, you and your partner must both be group A applicants. Applying for a joint ticket means you and your partner might do your internships in the same hospital.
Joint tickets are subject to assessment and approval by a Review Committee.
Joint ticket candidates cannot also apply for special consideration.
Eligibility
To apply you must be married or de facto, including same sex couples, for at least 9 months at the time you apply.
You’ll both also need to be:
- completing your medical qualification at a Queensland medical school
- graduating in the same year
How to apply
To apply, you must use the online portal. We only accept applications during the campaign dates.
At step 3 of the application ‘Other Details’ you need to select ‘Joint ticket’ and:
- list your partner’s name
- submit the same hospital preferences as your partner, if they don’t match we won’t consider you for a joint ticket
- submit your supporting documents.
After applications close, you’ll get an email that tells you the due date for supporting documentation and how to submit them.
Supporting documentation
You’ll need to provide the following supporting documents in addition to other documents outlined in our application information.
You’ll need to provide a Queensland statutory declaration that notes:
- the hospital that you and your partner are applying to
- your status as a couple, for example married or de facto
- the documents you’ve supplied to support your application for a joint ticket.
You’ll need to provide a second Queensland statutory declaration from someone else:
- to confirm your status as a couple.
You’ll also need to provide one of the following:
- a marriage certificate
- recent utility accounts that have both your names or separate utility accounts that each partner receive at the same address, for example electricity or gas
- a lease agreement with both your names
- If you don't have a marriage certificate, you'll also need to provide a Queensland statutory declaration to confirm your status as a couple. This must be from someone other than yourselves who can say you've been de facto for at least 9 months at the time of application
- couples who cannot live together due to religious reasons or other factors can provide another Queensland Statutory declaration providing the reason.
To prove your course details, you’ll need to provide certified copies of correspondence from your Queensland University that confirms that:
- you’re both currently enrolled in a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or Doctor of Medicine course
- you’ll complete your course requirements in the same year.
Student identification cards, semester timetables and academic transcripts are not sufficient.
You must get all documents certified as copies of the original by either a Justice of the Peace, Commissioner of Declaration, Barrister, Solicitor, or notary public.
Find out more about applying in the Intern Application Guide [PDF 7819.58 KB].