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Important – Please read this information carefully before you Who cannot sponsor?
complete your application. Once you have completed your
There are no provisions for fiancés, cousins, friends or in-laws
application we strongly advise that you keep a copy for your
and New Zealand citizens to sponsor.
records.
If you have previously sponsored a visitor as a sponsored
visitor, and your visitor did not abide by the conditions
This form is for a Visitor visa – Sponsored Family and
of their visa, you will be ineligible to sponsor another
Tourist streams subclass 600 visitor in the same visa class for 5 years. There is only
This form is for the sponsor of visitor visa applicants applying one exception, see ‘Conditions applying to Visitor visas
for a Visitor visa – Sponsored Family stream, and if you have – Sponsored Family stream’.
been requested by the Department of Immigration and Border
Protection (the department) to be a sponsor for the Tourist How to sponsor your visitor
stream.
If an application is being made for a Visitor visa – Sponsored
A person coming to Australia as a sponsored family visitor will Family stream:
generally be able to stay in Australia for a period of up to
3 months. In certain circumstances the period may be longer, • each of your visitors will need to complete a separate
usually up to 6 months, but no more than 12 months. form 1418 Application for a Visitor visa – Sponsored Family
stream or form 1419 internet.
Their visa, if granted, will generally only allow them to travel to
Australia once on that visa. • to make an application you should lodge form 1418 and this
form 1149 at one of the processing centres in Australia
according to your address at the time of lodgement.
Integrity of application
Your application should be lodged at the correct address for
The department is committed to maintaining the integrity of this sponsorship application. More information about Visitor
the visa and citizenship programmes. Please be aware that if (Sponsored Family Stream) visas and lodgement addresses is
you provide us with fraudulent documents or claims, this may available from the department’s website
result in processing delays and possibly the application being www.border.gov.au/trav/visa-1/600- Please read the
refused. information under ‘How to apply’ for the correct lodgement
address for this application.
Who can be a sponsor? Completed forms must be accompanied by the required Visa
In all cases, the sponsor must be an Australian citizen or Application Charge or evidence that the charge has been paid.
permanent resident aged 18 years or over and settled in Note: If the department has requested sponsorship in relation
Australia. to a Visitor visa – Tourist stream, you will need to complete this
If you are sponsoring someone who is a family visitor form and lodge it directly with the processing office that has
you must be one of the following: made the request.
• a relative (parent, child, spouse, de facto partner, brother,
sister, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew Your sponsorship undertaking
or ‘step’ equivalent of any of these); or The undertaking you must sign in the form states that you agree
• a relative of a person who is a member of the family unit of to accept all financial obligations to the Commonwealth
the applicant and who is also applying for a Visitor visa – incurred by the applicant arising out of the applicant’s stay in
Sponsored Family or Tourist stream (such as the spouse of Australia. You are responsible for compliance by the person you
your sibling); or are sponsoring with all conditions under which that person is
allowed to enter Australia.
• a member of an Australian parliament (Commonwealth, state
or territory)1; or Note: Holders of Visitor visas – Sponsored Family stream are
not permitted to work in Australia.
• an authorised person representing a Commonwealth, state
or territory government agency or instrumentality1; or
• a local government mayor1.
If you have already provided a sponsorship for another visitor,
you normally need to wait until their visa ceases to be in effect
before you can be eligible to provide another sponsorship.
2
Except in limited circumstances which are outside their control, or to engage
Australia’s protection obligations under the 1951 Convention Relating to the
Status of Refugees.
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Immigration assistance Exempt persons
A person gives immigration assistance to you if he or she uses, The following people do not have to be a registered migration
or claims to use, his or her knowledge or experience in agent in order to provide immigration assistance, but they must
migration procedure to assist you with your visa application, not charge a fee for their service:
request for ministerial intervention, cancellation review • a close family member (spouse, de facto partner, child,
application, sponsorship or nomination. parent, brother or sister);
In Australia a person may only lawfully give immigration • a member of parliament or their staff;
assistance if he or she is a registered migration agent or is • an official whose duties include providing immigration
exempt from being registered. Only registered migration agents assistance (eg. a Legal Aid provider);
may receive a fee or reward for providing immigration • a member of a diplomatic mission, consular post or
assistance. international organisation.
If an unregistered person in Australia, who is not exempt from
registration, gives you immigration assistance they are Appointing a migration agent/exempt person
committing a criminal offence and may be prosecuted. To appoint a migration agent/exempt person you should
Sponsors of applicants for Visitor visas are exempt from complete Question 21 Options for receiving written
the requirements to be registered as a migration agent communications.
in order to assist applicants in relation to Visitor visas. Your migration agent/exempt person should complete form 956
Advice by a migration agent/exempt person of providing
Migration agents in Australia immigration assistance.
Migration agents in Australia must be registered with the Office Form 956 is available from the department’s website
of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (Office of the www.border.gov.au/allforms/
MARA) unless they are exempt from registration.
Please use a pen, and write neatly in English using BLOCK LETTERS.
3 Give details of the visa applicant(s) you are sponsoring as
Tick where applicable sponsored family visitor(s)
Applicant 1
Sponsorship details
Family name
1 Have you previously sponsored a visitor as a short stay sponsored
visitor or a sponsored family visitor, and that visitor is still in Australia? Given names
No
Yes Sex Male Female
DAY MONTH YEAR
2 Have you previously sponsored a visitor as a short stay sponsored visitor Date of birth
or a sponsored family visitor, and that visitor did not comply with the
conditions of their visa? Country of birth
No Relationship status
Yes You may wish to seek advice from the Married Separated Never married or
department before lodging this application. been in a de facto
Engaged Divorced
relationship
De facto Widowed
Country of passport
DAY MONTH YEAR
Date of issue
Date of expiry
Issuing authority/Place of issue as shown in their passport
The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for.
The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for. The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for.
Are you related to this visa applicant? Are you related to this visa applicant?
No What is your government position? No What is your government position?
(eg. Member of Parliament, Mayor) (eg. Member of Parliament, Mayor)
Yes What is your relationship to this visa applicant? Yes What is your relationship to this visa applicant?
(eg. brother, sister, parent) (eg. brother, sister, parent)
What documents are you providing as evidence of your relationship to What documents are you providing as evidence of your relationship to
this applicant? this applicant?
(eg. marriage certificate or birth certificate etc.) (eg. marriage certificate or birth certificate etc.)
Please attach certified copies of certificates of the relationship Please attach certified copies of certificates of the relationship
including any translations. including any translations.
The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for. The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for.
Are you related to this visa applicant? Are you related to this visa applicant?
No What is your government position? No What is your government position?
(eg. Member of Parliament, Mayor) (eg. Member of Parliament, Mayor)
Yes What is your relationship to this visa applicant? Yes What is your relationship to this visa applicant?
(eg. brother, sister, parent) (eg. brother, sister, parent)
What documents are you providing as evidence of your relationship to What documents are you providing as evidence of your relationship to
this applicant? this applicant?
(eg. marriage certificate or birth certificate etc.) (eg. marriage certificate or birth certificate etc.)
Please attach certified copies of certificates of the relationship Please attach certified copies of certificates of the relationship
including any translations. including any translations.
The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for. The passport should be valid for the period of stay they are applying for.
Are you related to this visa applicant? Are you related to this visa applicant?
No What is your government position? No What is your government position?
(eg. Member of Parliament, Mayor) (eg. Member of Parliament, Mayor)
Yes What is your relationship to this visa applicant? Yes What is your relationship to this visa applicant?
(eg. brother, sister, parent) (eg. brother, sister, parent)
What documents are you providing as evidence of your relationship to What documents are you providing as evidence of your relationship to
this applicant? this applicant?
(eg. marriage certificate or birth certificate etc.) (eg. marriage certificate or birth certificate etc.)
Please attach certified copies of certificates of the relationship Please attach certified copies of certificates of the relationship
including any translations. including any translations.
2. Family name
Your personal details
Given names 5 Your full name
Date of arrival
Date of departure
7 Sex Male Female
8 Date of birth
Given names
Country of birth
Purpose of stay in Australia
Date of arrival
Date of departure
POSTCODE No
POSTCODE
Note: Correct address is important for mailing of any security Please attach certified copies of certificates of your citizenship
bond request, and thus to ensure visa application is processed or evidence of your permanent residence including any translations.
in as timely a manner as possible.
12 Do you agree to the department communicating with you by fax, email Employer/business address
or other electronic means?
No
Yes Give details POSTCODE
How long have you been studying at this institution? Authorised You should complete form 956A Appointment
recipient
Years Months or withdrawal of an authorised recipient
OR
Other – please give details Migration agent Your migration agent/exempt person should
complete form 956 Advice by a migration
OR agent/exempt person of providing
Exempt person immigration assistance
Unemployed
Explain why you are unemployed Sponsorship undertaking for a sponsored
family visitor
Give details of your last employment WARNING: Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
22 I agree to accept responsibility for:
• all financial obligations to the Commonwealth incurred by those I am
sponsoring arising out of the applicant’s stay in Australia; and
• unless the Minister decides otherwise, compliance by those I am
Assistance with this form sponsoring with the conditions under which they may be allowed to
enter Australia.
17 Did you receive assistance in completing this form? I understand that the following visa conditions will be imposed on
No Go to Question 21 the visa:
Yes Please give details of the person who assisted you • the visitor must not work in Australia;
• the visitor cannot apply for a further stay in Australia;1
Title: Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other
• the visitor must not remain in Australia after the expiry of the period
Family name of stay of the visa on which they enter Australia;
• the visitor must not engage, for more than 3 months, in any studies
Given names or training while in Australia.
Address I understand that any breach of the above visa conditions will prevent
me from being approved as a sponsor for 5 years.2
1 Except in limited circumstances which are outside their control, or to
engage Australia’s protection obligations under the 1951 Convention
POSTCODE
Relating to the Status of Refugees.
2 Except if the breach was of condition 8531 (must not remain in Australia
Telephone number or daytime contact after the expiry of the period of stay of the visa on which they entered
COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE NUMBER Australia) and I can satisfy the department that my visitor breached this
condition due to circumstances that:
Office hours ( ) ( )
• were beyond their control; and
• arose after their arrival in Australia.
Mobile/cell
18 Is the person an agent registered with the Office of the Migration Agents
Registration Authority (Office of the MARA)?
No
Yes Go to Question 21
20 Did you pay the person/agent and/or give a gift for this assistance?
No
Yes
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Security bond and sponsorship limitation Declaration
23 I confirm that I will arrange for the lodgement of a security bond for each 24 I, (Family name)
applicant I have sponsored if requested to do so.
I understand that any visa application(s) being lodged pursuant to this (Given names)
sponsorship may: of
• be refused, regardless of my sponsorship;
• be refused, regardless of my sponsorship and any security
bond I lodge; POSTCODE
Date