Visa application checklists

Official document instruction

• Provide the pages of your current passport showing your photo, personal details, and passport issue and expiry dates.

Also provide:

• a national identity card, if you have one
• proof of change of name

Documents that prove a change of name include:

• a marriage or divorce certificate
• change of name documents from an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or the relevant overseas authority
• documents that show other names you have been known by

Official document instruction

• If you are or have been married, widowed, divorced or permanently separated, provide proof such as marriage certificates, divorce documents, death certificates, separation documents or statutory declarations.

Official document instruction

• Provide an Australian police certificate if you have spent a total of 12 months or more in Australia in the last 10 years since you turned 16.

Also provide:

• an overseas police certificate from every country , including your home country, where you spent a total of 12 months or more in the last 10 years since you turned 16
• military service records or discharge papers if you served in the armed forces of any country

Complete and provide the following forms:

• Form 80 Personal particulars for assessment including character assessment
• Form 1221 Additional personal particulars information

Official document instruction

• Provide proof you have at least competent English at time of invitation for this visa.

Official document instruction

• We need to see evidence of your partner 's identity and relationship with you.

Provide:

• identity documents and photos
• character documents
• marriage certificate, if applicable
• documents about other relationships, if applicable

For de facto relationship provide either:

• evidence that your relationship is registered by an Australian State or Territory
• enough documents to prove you have been in a de facto relationship with your partner for at least 12 months before you apply

For both married and de facto applicants you must provide evidence that you are in a genuine and continuing relationship. Evidence can include but is not limited to:

• joint bank account statements
• billing accounts in joint names
• joint leases or mortgages
• documents that show your partner has lived at the same address as you

You don't have to provide any documents to prove functional English if your partner is a citizen of and holds a valid passport from:

• the United Kingdom
• the Republic of Ireland
• the United States
• Canada
• New Zealand

You don't have to provide any documents to prove functional English if your partner is a citizen of and holds a valid passport from:

• Otherwise, provide proof your partner has functional English .

For every dependant 18 years old or younger who is applying with you, provide:

• copies of birth certificates or the family book showing the names of both parents of all your dependent children
• copies of the adoption paper, if applicable.

Parental responsibility documents / You must get consent for any applicant under 18 years of age to migrate to Australia from anyone who:

• has a legal right to decide where the child lives and
• is not coming to Australia with the child

Parental responsibility documents / They must complete either:

• Form 1229 Consent form to grant an Australian visa to a child under the age of 18 years
• statutory declaration giving their consent for the child to migrate to Australia on this visa

Parental responsibility documents / Alternatively, you can show us:

• an Australian court order that allows your child to migrate to Australia, or
• that the laws of your home country allow them to migrate

Parental responsibility documents / Include:

• an identity document that shows the signature and photo of the person who completed the form or declaration, such as a passport or driver’s licence
• adoption papers or other court documents if applicable

Parental responsibility documents

• Note: If your child is likely to turn 18 while your application is being processed, you will need to provide evidence they are dependent on you. See the section 'Dependants over 18 documents' below for further information. A child who turns 18 while your application is being processed and who is not dependent on you cannot satisfy the criteria for this visa.

Official document instruction

• If your child is likely to turn 23 while your application is being processed, you will need to provide evidence they are dependent on you due to disability.

Provide:

• identity documents
• documents about their other relationships, if applicable

Official document instruction

• You must also provide proof the child is dependent on you.

You must also provide proof the child is dependent on you.

• proof of your relationship with the dependant such as a birth certificate or adoption papers
• a completed Form 47a Details of a child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over
• proof of financial dependency such as bank statements, money transfers and rent receipts
• if the child is aged 23 or is likely to turn 23 while your application is being processed, you must also provide a report from a qualified medical practitioner that states they are dependent on you or your partner due to the total or partial loss of their bodily or mental functions

You don't have to provide any documents to prove functional English if your dependant is a citizen of and holds a valid passport from:

• the United Kingdom
• the Republic of Ireland
• the United States
• Canada
• New Zealand

You don't have to provide any documents to prove functional English if your dependant is a citizen of and holds a valid passport from:

• Otherwise, provide proof your dependant has functional English .

You must provide documents that support the claims you made in your EOI. Use the points table to check the documents you need. Depending on your claims this could include evidence of your:

• Skills assessment
• English language skills
• Australian and/or overseas skilled employment
• Educational qualifications
• Satisfying the Australian study requirement
• Specialist education
• Accredited community language
• Study in regional Australia
• Partner skills
• Professional Year in Australia

Medical practitioners / One of these certificates issued by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency:

• unconditional or general medical registration
• conditional specialist registration – which allows you to practice only in your speciality with no further training or supervision requirements

Barristers and Solicitors

• Proof of admission to practice as a lawyer in the relevant state or territory. This could be your Australian legal Admission Certificate or Practising Certificate from the relevant legal admission authority for your State/Territory. You must be admitted to practice at the time we invite you to apply.

Official document instruction

• You must provide documents to support all of the claims made in your EOI. Use the points table to check the documents you need.

Official document instruction

• To claim points for skilled employment experience, you must provide evidence of the employment period you are claiming. The evidence must relate to employment before the date of invitation.

Evidence can include:

• employment references
• employment contracts
• payslips
• tax statements
• group certificates or payment summaries
• superannuation information.

Employment references must:

• be issued on the organisation’s official letterhead
• include the organisation’s full street address, not a PO Box
• include the organisation’s phone number, email address and website, where available
• show the exact period of employment
• state each position held
• state whether the employment was permanent or temporary, and full time or part time
• describe main duties
• state the salary earned
• include the typed or stamped name and position of the person authorised to sign the reference below their signature
• include the direct contact number of the person writing the reference.