1127 - Partner Migration - Booklet 1 - Department of Immigration ...

Part X – Chapter heading
36 Partner Migration
All Partner visa applicants must also provide the following:
• completed application form 47SP Application for migration to Australia by a partner and form 40SP
Sponsorship for a partner to migrate to Australia (completed by your sponsor), (which are available
from the department’s website www.immi.gov.au/allforms/ to be downloaded as PDF fi les, printed
out and fi lled in, or obtained in hard copy from an offi ce of the department or Australian mission and
fi lled in);
• if appointing a migration agent or exempt agent or authorised recipient, a completed form 956
Advice by a migration agent/exempt person of providing immigration assistance;
• if appointing an authorised recipient that is not a migration agent/exempt person, a completed
form 956A Appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient;
• 4 (or 2 if applying in Australia) recent passport-size photographs of yourself and 2 passport-size
photographs of your sponsor (see page 5);
• certifi ed copies of your passport or travel documents (see page 27 for information on certifi ed
copies);
• proof of identity (see page 38);
• evidence that your relationship is genuine and continuing (see page 39);
• proof that your sponsor is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New
Zealand citizen who is aged 18 years or over (see page 39);
• statutory declarations from 2 people who are Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents
and who support your claim that the relationship is genuine and continuing (see page 27 for
information on statutory declarations);
• if previously married, certifi ed copy of divorce certifi cate or death certifi cate for each previous
marriage; and
• if appropriate, completed health and character checks (see pages 19–21).
You must pay the Visa Application Charge (see page 26).
For each dependent child or other dependent family member included in your application, you
must provide:
• for each dependant aged 18 years or over, a form 47A Details of child or other dependent family
member aged 18 years or over (available from the department’s website www.immi.gov.au/allforms/,
from any offi ce of the department or Australian mission) completed and signed by you, your partner
and the dependant concerned;
• 4 (or 2 if applying in Australia) recent passport-size photographs;
• certifi ed copies of passports or travel documents;
• certifi ed copies of birth certifi cates or the family book showing names of both parents;
• custody documents or a statutory declaration from the child’s other parent giving permission for him/
her to migrate;
• evidence that the signature on the statutory declaration is the signature of that parent, or if your
previous partner died, certifi ed copy of their death certifi cate;
• for other dependent relatives, evidence that they have been dependent on you for at least the last
12 months;
• if appropriate, completed health and character checks (see pages 19–21); and
• if the dependant is aged under 18 years, an Australian National Police Check or overseas police
certifi cate(s) from the sponsor (see pages 16–17).
For more information on dependent family members, see pages 22–25.