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Migration Point

Subclass 190 Document

Checklist

Identify Provide the pages of your

Documents 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

Relationship If you are or have been

documents married, widowed,
divorced or permanently
separated, provide proof
such as divorce
documents, death
certificates, separation
documents or statutory
declarations.

Character Provide an Australian

documents police certificate if you
have spent a total of 12
months or more in
Australia in the last 10
years since you turned 16.
Only complete disclosure
National Police
Certificates issued by
the Australian Federal
Police are accepted.
Standard disclosure
certificates or national
police certificates issued
by Australian state or
territory police are not
accepted. For
immigration purposes,
Australian police
certificates are valid for 12
months from the date of
issue. 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
(554KB PDF)

Form 1221 Additional

personal particulars
information (290KB PDF)

Competent Provide proof you have at

English least competent
documents English at time of
invitation for this visa.

Partner Provide: identity

documents 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

Proof your You don’t have to provide

partner has any documents to prove
functional functional English if your
English partner is a citizen of and
holds a valid passport
from: the United Kingdom
the Republic of Ireland
the United States Canada
New Zealand Otherwise,
provide proof your partner
has functional English. If
you can’t show us your
partner has functional
English, you will need to
pay the second
instalment of the visa
application charge when
we ask you to.

Dependants For every dependant 18

under 18 years old or younger who
documents 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 You must get consent for

responsibility any applicant under 18
documents 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
They must complete
either: Form 1229
Consent form to grant an
Australian visa to a child
under the age of 18 years
(168KB PDF) statutory
declaration giving their
consent for the child to
migrate to Australia on
this visa 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
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 You don’t
have to prove that your
dependant under 18 years
of age has functional
English. 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.

Dependants To include your child who

over 18 is over 18 in your visa
documents application, they must be:
over 18 years of age but
not yet turned 23, and
dependent on you or your
partner, or over 23 years of
age and unable to earn a
living to support
themselves due to
physical or cognitive
limitations and
dependent on you or your
partner 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 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 (241KB PDF) 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 Note: A child
who turns 23 while your
application is being
processed and who does
not meet these
requirements cannot
satisfy the criteria for this
visa.

Proof your You don’t have to provide

dependant any documents to prove
has functional English if your
functional dependant is a citizen of
English and holds a valid passport
from: the United Kingdom
the Republic of Ireland
the United States Canada
New Zealand Otherwise,
provide proof your
dependant has functional
English. If you can’t show
us your dependant has
functional English, you
will need to pay
the second instalment of
the visa application
charge when we ask you
to.

Skills You must provide

assessment documents that support
documents the claims you made in
your EOI. 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 You must
be registered at the time
we invite you to apply.
Barristers and Solicitors
Proof of admission to
practice as a lawyer in the
relevant state or territory.
You must be admitted to
practice at the time we
invite you to apply.

Expression You must provide

of Interest documents to prove all of
(EOI) the claims you made in
documents your EOI.

Translate Have all non-English

documents translated
into English. Translators in
Australia must be
accredited by
the National
Accreditation Authority
for Translators and
Interpreters. Translators
outside Australia do not
have to be accredited. But
on each translation, they
must include their: full
name address and
telephone number
qualifications and
experience in the
language they are
translating These details
must be in English. Note:
You do not need to have
any documents certified.

Scan or Scan or photograph all

photograph documents (English and
non-English) in colour.
The scans and photos
must be clear. If a
document is more than
one page, save it all as one
file.

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