Australia visa application form updates coming in November

by Lauren 10/26/2009 11:03:00 AM

A full list of the Australian visa
application form updates is available
on DIAC's website.

More changes to a number of Australia visa application forms are set to be made by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), with the 9th of November given as the date that the new forms will be introduced.

There will be both essential and non-essential changes made to dozens of forms, with a PDF summarising all the forms that will be changed available from the DIAC website. However, see below for some of the most commonly used forms that are going to have essential changed made to them:

Form 40 - sponsorship for a parent to migrate (used when lodging an Australian contributory parent visa application)
Form 47PA - application for a parent to migrate (also used for the Australian contributory parent visa)
Form 80 - character assessment ( used for the Australian spouse visa, but DIAC have also be known to request that this form be submitted for Australian skilled visa applications)
Form 1276 - application for skilled migration (used for paper-based Australian skilled visa applications)

The medical forms 26 and 160 will also be updated, but these changes are non-essential so applicants may still use the ‘old’ versions for the time being (although we would advise very strongly that applicants use the most current Australian visa application form whenever possible). Look for the new versions of the forms to appear on DIAC's website on the 9th of November.

- Lauren Mennie is Casework Department Manager for the Australian Visa Bureau

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Hi Lauren,

I m Amit. I want to know aussie gov is really processing
any PR application at the moment? I had applied for state
nominated PR in July 2008. I got CO in JAN 09. I had completed my
medical in Jan 09. Also I had submitted all the requested
docs in Feb 09. My occupation is on CSL. But I have got no
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got PR in recent time and what the application date? its really frustrating
at the moment and aussie gov is not responding in a proper manner
to the visa enquiries.

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10/27/2009 9:25:35 AM

Dear Lauren, I would be affected by this requirement of including Form 80 in the skilled migration visa. I noticed that the last question asks if I've been rejected for a VISA before. I have been rejected for a US tourist visa when I was 22. But, no explanations were given after the interview. How would this affect my Australian visa application?

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