Please indicate whether you have provided each document by ticking the box or selecting Yes/No. You may also add comments or notes where relevant.
| Document / Evidence required | Provided (✓ Yes / X No) | Comments / Notes |
| 1. Cost Agreement – Explain and send | ||
| 2. Protocol Communications & Standard of evidence – Explain and Send | ||
| 3. Appointing a Migration Lawyer – 956 Form
How to complete the form An Australian Legal Practitioner or a Registered Migration Agent uses knowledge of Australia’s migration legislation and procedures to provide advice and assistance. |
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| 4. Provide accurate documents – Please see the disclaimer at the bottom of the page | ||
| 5. Identity documents & Age – See the disclaimer for the note from the DIBP | ||
| I. A birth certificate showing the names of both parents – more info in the disclaimer section at the bottom | ||
| II. A national identity card if you have one | ||
| III. Proof of change of name
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 known by |
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| 6. Passport – Page of your current passport | ||
| 7. Photographs –
45mm x 35mm, less than 6 months old, good quality colour (No laser copies), a full-face view of your head and shoulders, taken against a plain light-coloured background, can wear untinted prescription glasses, if you wear a head covering for religious reasons, you can show only your face. Photo must be pasted in a Word and underneath your name, and the date of the pic must be noted. |
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| 8. Relationship documents | ||
| I. Marriage Certificate | ||
| II. If de facto relationship, please see the disclaimer at the bottom | ||
| III. Joint bank statements | ||
| IV. Joint billing accounts | ||
| V. Proof of same address | ||
| VI. Documents about previous relationships. | ||
| 9. Australian Values Statement – Please see disclaimer at the bottom | ||
| 10. Health Documents – Please see disclaimer at the bottom | ||
| 11. Character Requirements – Please see disclaimer at the bottom | ||
| 12. Form 80 – Please see disclaimer at the bottom | ||
| 13. Adequate Health Insurance
We recommend you take out health insurance to cover any unforeseen medical treatment you might need in Australia. You are personally liable for all your healthcare costs while you are in Australia. Insurance can help limit your financial liability. |
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| 14. Pay your debts to the Australian Government
If you or any family members (including those who don’t apply for the visa with you) owe the Australian government money, you or they must have paid it back or arranged to pay it back. |
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| 15. Not had a visa cancelled or an application refused
You might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused while you were in Australia. Depending on your situation, you might be eligible to apply for some visas. You must still meet all visa eligibility criteria to be granted one of those visas. |
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Disclaimer
2) Protocol Communications & Standard of evidence hotlink to go to the below page
https://dlegal.com.au/articles/migration/dlegal-law-process/protocol-advice/
3) Appointing a Migration Lawyer – 956 Form – Hotlink to download the form
4) Provide accurate documents.
You must provide us authentic documents and/or information that is not false and misleading. [this includes completing forms we provide you]
- We do not cross reference your information against other information or documentation to verify the accuracy, it is your duty to make sure the documents and information you provide are correct, non-contradictory and not misleading and false.
The Department might refuse your visa application for failing to satisfy Public Interest Criterion (PIC) 4020 if you, or any of the members of your family unit:
- do not satisfy us as to your identity.
- provide bogus documents or information that is false and misleading in relation to your current visa application or
- provided bogus documents or information that is false and misleading in relation to a visa that you held in the 12 months before making your current application.
Non-grant period
The Department might not grant you a visa (which has PIC 4020 as a criterion) for a period of ten years if you, or a member of your family unit, have a visa application refused because of a failure to satisfy us as to your identity.
We might not grant you a visa (which has PIC 4020 as a criterion) for a period of three years if you, or a member of your family unit, have a visa application refused due to providing bogus documents or information that is false and misleading.
Scope of work and completing forms
Based on the documents and/or information or forms you provide, we will provide legal advice, guidance, complete and settle final submissions. Our scope of work does not involve taking verbal instructions to complete certain forms that we ask you to complete.
5) Note from the DIBP
We need proof of your identity. If you cannot prove your identity:
- we will refuse your visa application
- we might not grant you another visa for 10 years
- we might not grant any family members you listed on your application a visa for 10 years
Provide the pages of your current passport showing your photo, personal details, and passport issue and expiry dates.
Documents to prove your identity.
One of the following:
- a birth certificate showing the names of both parents:
If birth certificates are not available in your country of birth, other evidence to confirm birth details include, but are not limited to:
- identification pages of a family book showing the names of both parents
- identification pages of an identification document issued by the government.
- identification pages of a court-issued document that proves your identity.
- identification pages of a family census register.
- school records
- passport
- baptism certificate
- family book showing date of birth.
- ID document issued by your government.
- hospital birth records
- court documents that verify your date of birth
- copies of military service records or discharge papers.
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
11) Australian Values Statement
If you are aged 18 years or over, you are required to sign an Australian values statement. The statement is included in your visa application form and all applicants aged 18 years and over will need to sign it to confirm that they will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws. Before signing this statement, you are required to have read, or had explained to you, material made available by the government on life in Australia which is contained in the Life in Australia book.
12) Health documents
What you need to do;
01. Please go to the link below.
https://dlegal.com.au/migration/
On that page (left side) find 
complete and submit.
- Each applicant must fill their own separate form. (Including dependents and sponsors – if applicable)
- If the applicant answers ‘Yes’ to any of the question they must give all relevant details. I.e., If the matter relates to a criminal conviction, provide: ∙ the date and nature of the offence ∙ full details of the sentence ∙ dates of any period of imprisonment/detention.
Warning: Giving inaccurate, false or misleading information or documents is a serious offence and he visa can be refused.
Please find attached forms FYI only:
If you need to know more about – Medical Health Examination Test Requirement Australian Immigration Visa- https://dlegal.com.au/articles/migration/australian-visas/medical-health-examination-test-requirement-australian-immigration-visa/
You do not need to provide any documents to show you meet our health requirement at this stage but when asked and when you do the tests your doctor will send them to DIBP.
13) Character Requirements
The character requirements are set out under section 501 of the Migration Act 1958. This means you must pass the character test and remain of good character.
Each applicant must do two main things;
01. Apply police certificates for all the countries you have lived in for 12 months or more [cumulatively], over the last 10 years, since turning 16 years of age or from birth if we instruct you.
What you need to do;
Go to the link below for more information and choose your country and apply.
14) Provide form 80 for each applicant over 18 years.
What you need to do;
Go to the link below for more information and choose your country and apply.
Hint: go to the bottom of the page and find ‘DEPARTMENTAL FORMS’
Please refer to the attached Form 80.
Form 80 – for each applicant and Sponsor (if any)
NOTE 1: This is a fillable pdf form. Please DO NOT Handwrite, scan, or print.
NOTE 2: Please fill out +save+ and email us ASAP for us to start.
NOTE 3: The signature page/s should be signed after taking a printout, which should be scanned and emailed back to us.
NOTE 4: If there is not enough space in questions, please use the space in Part T – Additional information.
NOTE 5 : Each applicant (including the sponsor – if there is one) must have a separate form.
NOTE 6 : You must fill in all details accurately. Any inaccurate information will have a detrimental outcome and result in more fees.
Last page/ signage page – take a printout sign and email it or sign electronically.
Prepare your documents
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 photograph
Scan or photograph all documents (English and non-English) in colour.
The scans and photos must be legible.
If a document is more than 1 page, save it all as 1 file.