Visitor Visa Checklist [stream 600 onshore and offshore] Australia Migration Visa

 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

  1. CLIENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION

1.1 You are responsible for providing documents and information that are true, correct, complete, and not misleading.

1.2 This obligation applies to:

    • All documents you submit
    • All answers provided in forms
    • All information provided verbally or in writing

1.3 You must ensure consistency across all documents and forms. Contradictory or incomplete information may adversely affect your application.

  1. NO INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION BY THE FIRM

2.1 The Firm relies entirely on the information and documents you provide.

2.2 The Firm does not independently verify, investigate, or cross-check:

    • The authenticity of documents
    • The accuracy of factual claims
    • Information provided by third parties

2.3 Legal advice and submissions are prepared strictly on the basis of the material supplied by you.

  1. PUBLIC INTEREST CRITERION (PIC) 4020 – FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION

3.1 Your visa application may be refused if you or any member of your family unit:

    • Fail to satisfy the Department as to your identity
    • Provide bogus documents
    • Provide information that is false or misleading

3.2 PIC 4020 may apply to:

    • Your current visa application, or
    • Any visa application made in the 12 months prior

3.3 Consequences may include:

    • A non-grant period of up to 10 years, or
    • A non-grant period of 3 years in certain circumstances

3.4 These consequences may also apply to members of your family unit.

Relevant law

MIGRATION REGULATIONS 1994
made under the Migration Act 1958

http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_reg/mr1994227/

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017C01164

Schedule 1 requirements.

Provide for certain requirements relating to the making of an application to be set out in Schedule 1 of the Regulations.

Together:

  • Schedule 1 item 1236 and related requirements and
  • Section 5 Schedule 1 criteria and related matters.
  • Migration (LIN 20/046: Arrangements for Visitor (Class FA) Visa Applications) Instrument 2020

Migration Regulations Schedule 2 Part/Subclass 600

Note: All applicants and dependents must provide applicable documentation and information.

CHECKLIST

  Document / Evidence required
  SECTION 1, SECTION 2, SECTION 3 AND SECTION 4

Please check the link below.

https://dlegal.com.au/articles/migration/checklists/general-checklist/
Tourist Stream (Apply in Australia)
SECTION 5 – Genuine visitor documents

Provide as much proof as you can to show you are visiting Australia as a temporary visitor only.
5.1 Proof that you have enough money for your stay and to leave Australia
5.1.1 Itemised personal bank statements showing a 3 months period
5.1.2 Pay slips
5.1.3 Audit Accounts
5.1.4 Tax Record
5.1.5 Term Deposits
5.1.6 Credit card Statements
5.2 A letter from your relative or friend in Australia, inviting you to visit.

The letter could state:

  • their relationship to you
  • the purpose of your visit and length of stay
  • if you will be staying with them. If this person will be paying for your stay, provide proof of their funds
5.3 Your plans while in Australia
5.3.1 A letter from your employer stating you plan to return to your job
5.3.2 Your study at a school, college or university in your home country
5.3.3 Your immediate family members in your home country
5.3.4 You can return home
5.3.5 You own a house or other major assets in your home country.
Tourist Stream (Apply Outside Australia)
SECTION 6 – Additional documents for applicants requesting a longer visa

If you are requesting a longer visa, tell us in your application. This includes parents and step-parents of Australian citizens or permanent residents.

Provide us with further information about the reason for your request.

For example, proof that your child is an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
SECTION 7, SECTION 8 & SECTION 9

Please check the link below.

https://dlegal.com.au/articles/migration/checklists/general-checklist/
  SECTION 10 – Sponsor Documents
10.1 Sponsor declaration completed by your sponsor
10.2 Proof that your sponsor is an Australian citizen, permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen
10.3 Proof that your sponsor is usually resident in a designated area of Australia
10.4 Proof of your relationship to your sponsor
10.5 To prove that your sponsor is an Australian citizen, permanent resident or an eligible New Zealand citizen, provide:
10.5.1 Citizenship certificate
10.5.2 Passport bio-data page
10.6 To prove the sponsor’s relationship with you, provide their:
10.6.1 Birth certificate
10.6.2 Marriage certificates
10.6.3 Death certificates
10.6.4 Adoption certificates
10.6.5 family status certificates or family books if officially issued and maintained
SECTION 11 – Sponsored family stream

Please refer to the disclaimer

 

DISCLAIMER SCHEDULE

Australian Migration & Visa Matters

This Disclaimer Schedule forms part of, and must be read together with, the Cost Agreement, Client Instructions, and any Document Checklist provided to you. By proceeding with your matter, you acknowledge and accept the disclaimers set out below.

  1. Sponsored family stream

You may sponsor a visa applicant if:

  • you are a relative of that visa applicant; or
  • you are a relative of a person classed as members of the family unit of that visa applicant, and that person is also applying; or
  • that visa applicant is classed as members of the family unit of a person who is also applying and you are a relative of that person.

To be a relative, you must be their:

  • partner, parent or child
  • brother or sister
  • grandparent or grandchild
  • aunt or uncle
  • niece or nephew
  • the step equivalent of the above.

A sponsor can’t be a:

  • fiancé or fiancée
  • in-law
  • cousin
  • friend
  • New Zealand citizen.

For example:

  • If applications have been made by each of your parents and your sister, you may sponsor your parents and your sister at the same time.
  • If an application has been made by your brother-in-law and his daughter (your niece), you may also sponsor your brother-in-law.
  • If an application has been made by your uncle and his daughter (your cousin), you may also sponsor his daughter.

A sponsor may also be:

  • a member of an Australian parliament
  • a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory
  • a mayor
  • a government agency or instrumentality of the Commonwealth or a State or a Territory.

Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident

You must be a settled Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Usually, you must have lived in Australia for the last 2 years. In compelling compassionate circumstances, we might reduce this time.

Pay a security bond

You must be able to pay a security bond if we ask for one.

Bonds:

  • are usually between AUD 5,000 and AUD 15,000 per person (but we can ask for any amount)
  • must be paid in full before we make a final decision on the visa application
  • will be refunded if your visitor complies with their visa conditions and leaves Australia before their visa expires

Limitations on sponsorship

You can’t sponsor a visa applicant if you have sponsored a previous applicant for a subclass 600 visa which was granted and:

  • the visa has not expired. You can sponsor that visa applicant if they are:
    • members of the family unit of the previous applicant, and
    • are travelling to Australia for the same purpose as the previous applicant.

the visa has expired, the previous applicant did not comply with a condition of that visa, and 5 years has not elapsed since it was granted. You can sponsor that visa applicant if the previous applicant did not comply with condition 8531 (must not remain in Australia beyond the visa period) due to circumstances that were beyond their control. This needs to have occurred after they entered Australia.