Eligibility Quiz
Documents Required
Identity Documents
- Current passport showing your photo, personal details, and issue and expiry dates
- National identity card (if available)
- Proof of any name changes (marriage certificate, divorce documents, or official change of name documents)
Humanitarian Circumstances
- Full copy of your UNHCR resettlement registration form (if referred by UNHCR)
- Proof of registration with any international refugee organization
- Written statement in English explaining why you left your home country and the persecution you face
Relationship Documents
- Certified copies of marriage certificates or relationship registrations for you and anyone else included in your application, even if they are not joining you in Australia
Photographs
- 2 recent photographs (45mm × 35mm) of head and shoulders only against a plain background
- Print your name on the back of each photograph
Character Documents
- Military service records or discharge papers (if you served in any country's armed forces)
- Police certificates from countries where you have lived for 12 months or more in the past 10 years after turning 16
Dependent Children
For each dependent under 18 applying with you, provide:
- Identity documents
- Proof of your relationship (birth certificate)
- Any visas or residence permits held
- Marriage certificates or relationship registrations (if applicable)
- Character documents (if applicable)
- 2 photographs (as above)
- Parental consent from anyone with legal right to decide where the child lives and who is not coming to Australia — either Form 1229 (Consent form) or a statutory declaration
Translation and Certification
- All non-English documents must be translated into English by an accredited translator
- Translators in Australia must be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI)
- Translators outside Australia do not need accreditation but must include their full name, address, phone number, and qualifications on each translation
- All documents (originals and translations) must be certified — provide both the original and certified English translation