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Medical certificate for migraine.

Migraine can affect screens, driving, concentration, and safety-critical work. A doctor checks your usual pattern, red flags, and absence dates. From $24.95.

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Migraine and work absence

For short migraine-related absences where online doctor review is clinically suitable.

Migraine can involve severe headache, nausea, vomiting, light or sound sensitivity, visual symptoms, dizziness, and cognitive fog. Those symptoms can affect driving, screen use, concentration, safety-critical work, and ordinary work capacity.

You answer a structured health form covering when symptoms started, whether this is your usual migraine pattern, the dates you need covered, what makes work unsafe or impractical, and any red flags that would make online review inappropriate.

If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF with standard workplace evidence details. A routine migraine certificate documents absence. It is not a migraine management plan, a fitness-for-duty certificate, or a substitute for urgent assessment when headache symptoms are new, severe, unusual, or associated with neurological warning signs.

When online review fits

Online review is best suited to short migraine-related absences where the symptoms are consistent with your usual pattern and no physical examination is needed.

Known or recurrent migraine symptoms affecting your ability to work, study, commute, or use screens safely
A short absence where symptoms are improving, self-care is manageable, and the requested dates are clear
No sudden worst-ever headache, neurological deficit, head injury, fever, neck stiffness, or pregnancy concern

What the doctor checks

The doctor checks whether your symptoms, timing, work impact, usual migraine history, and requested dates support routine absence evidence.

When the headache began, how severe it is, and whether it matches previous migraine episodes
Associated symptoms such as aura, visual disturbance, nausea, vomiting, light sensitivity, or cognitive fog
Whether the story suggests a red flag headache that needs urgent or in-person assessment instead

What the certificate includes

If approved, the certificate includes the standard information employers usually need for sick-leave evidence without publishing unnecessary clinical detail.

Your name, the doctor's details, the review date, and the period assessed as medically appropriate
A statement that you were medically unfit for work or study for the stated period
Verification details your employer or institution can use to check the document came from InstantMed

When a standard certificate is not enough

Some migraine or headache situations need more than a routine online absence certificate.

First, worst, sudden, unusual, or progressively worsening headache
Weakness, numbness, confusion, fainting, speech trouble, vision loss, fever, neck stiffness, head injury, or persistent vomiting
Fitness-for-duty, driving, safety-critical work, workplace restriction, insurance, workers compensation, or long-term migraine management documentation

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Workplace evidence

Medical certificates for migraines include standard workplace evidence details. Employer policies may vary.

Pattern checked

Usual vs unusual

Red flags

Urgent care boundary

No fitness report

Absence evidence only

Howitworks

No appointments. Doctor-reviewed certificate requests.

Complete the health form

Tell us what happened, when it started, and the dates you need reviewed.

Doctor reviews your request

An AHPRA-registered doctor checks whether routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.

Receive the doctor's outcome

If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF. If not, the decline refund applies.

Complete the health form

Tell us what happened, when it started, and the dates you need reviewed.

Doctor reviews your request

An AHPRA-registered doctor checks whether routine certificate evidence is clinically appropriate.

Receive the doctor's outcome

If approved, your certificate is emailed as a PDF. If not, the decline refund applies.

Not for emergencies

If you have chest pain, difficulty breathing, or any life-threatening symptoms, call 000 or go to your nearest emergency department.

FAQ

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Everything you need to know about getting your certificate.

Online review may be suitable for a short migraine-related absence if your symptoms, timing, history, and requested dates support routine certificate evidence. The doctor decides whether a certificate is clinically appropriate.

The doctor decides the period after reviewing your answers. Routine online certificates are best suited to short absences; recurrent, prolonged, or complex migraine patterns may need review by your regular GP or treating specialist.

Not always. Describe your symptoms accurately, including whether this matches previous episodes or is new for you. New, severe, unusual, or changing headache symptoms may need urgent or in-person assessment rather than a routine online certificate.

Routine certificates usually state the period you were medically unfit for work or study. They do not need to disclose your diagnosis unless there is a specific clinical or administrative reason.

Tell the doctor about your duties. A routine medical certificate documents absence only; it does not certify fitness to drive, return to safety-critical duties, or perform modified work.

Do not use this pathway for a sudden worst-ever headache, new neurological symptoms, head injury, fever with neck stiffness, fainting, pregnancy-related concern, severe dehydration, or any symptoms that feel dangerous or unusual for you. Seek urgent care instead.

Related certificate guidance

Sick leave certificateUse this if you need general workplace absence evidence for a short illness.

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Request migraine absence evidence

Complete the health form so a doctor can assess whether routine certificate evidence is appropriate.

Get your certificate

Full refund if the doctor declines.