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Your personal documentsYour identity Certified copies of the biographical pages of the current passports or travel documents of all people included in the application (these are the pages with the holders photo and personal details and the issue/expiry dates). Two recent passport-sized photographs (45 mm x 35 mm) of each person included in the application. o These photographs should be of the head and shoulders only against a plain background.o Print the name of the person on the back of each photograph. A certified copy of your birth certificate showing both parents names. If you do not have a birth certificate and are unable to get one, you must provide a certified copy of the identification pages of at least one of the following documents: o family book showing both parents nameso identification document issued by the governmento court-issued documents that verify your identity. A national identity card if you have one. If your name has changed or the name of anyone included in your application has changed: a certified copy of evidence of the name change.If you are unable to provide any of these documents, you must provide other acceptable evidence that you are who you claim to be.Your relationships 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. If you or anyone included in the application has been widowed, divorced or permanently separated: a certified copy of the death certificate, divorce documents, or statutory declaration separation documents.Health and character documents If you are required to undergo health examinations, you must organise your health examinations upfront before lodging a visa application and include your health identifier (HAP ID) when completing your visa application form. If you have confirmed that you do not need to undergo health examinations by using My Health Declarations, please indicate on your online application form that you have organised your health examinations when lodging your visa application (as you are considered to have met this requirement). Evidence that everyone included in your application has adequate health insurance in Australia. Provide any one of the following: o a signed letter from a health insurance provider (140 kB doc)o a Medicare card or receipt of enrolment with Medicareo evidence of adequate health insurance (including travel insurance) o if you are from a country with a reciprocal health care agreement with Australia and will be eligible for Medicare when you arrive here, evidence of adequate health insurance (including travel insurance) to cover you until you enrol in Medicareo evidence that you hold a passport from the Republic of Ireland. Evidence that everyone included in the visa application has applied for an Australian Federal Police National Police Check if they are at least 16 years of age and have spent a total of 12 months or more in Australia since turning 16 years of age. The AFP National Police Check Application Form is available from the Australian Federal Police website - either an online form or paper form. Visa applicants should tick Code 33 in Section 8 of the form. Fingerprints are not required.You will be issued with a National Police Check certificate which will have Complete Disclosure in the heading if your AFP police check application is successful. Police certificates from each country in which anyone in your application has spent a total of 12 months or more in the past 10 years since turning 16 years of age. Provide the original certificates and keep a copy for yourself. o See Character requirements (513 kB pdf) - How to obtain police certificateso If anyone included in the application has served in the armed forces of any country: certified copies of their military service record or discharge papers.Sponsorship requirements Evidence that the sponsor is a settled Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident, or eligible New Zealand citizen. Evidence can include a certified copy of: o a birth certificateo an Australian passport or foreign passport containing evidence of permanent residenceo an Australian citizenship certificateo for New Zealand citizens, evidence of length of residence in Australia and of continuing links with Australia. If your sponsor is not an Australian citizen: evidence your sponsor usually lives in Australia, such as: o evidence of ownership or rental of the house in which your sponsor liveso utility accounts (electricity, gas, telephone)o other bills for day-to-day living expenses. If you or a child you are including in the application is younger than 18 years of age: o an AFP National Police Check for your sponsor, if the sponsor has spent a cumulative total of 12 months or more in Australia since turning 16 years of ageo police certificates from each country in which the sponsor has spent a cumulative total of 12 months or more in the last 10 years since turning 16 years of age.If you are married and your spouse is younger than 18 years of age, they cannot be your sponsor. In that case, your sponsors parent or guardian might be able to sponsor you. If this affects you, contact the nearest Australian Immigration office to find out which documents you need you to provide.If your partner is younger than 18 years of age and you are sponsored by their parent or guardian, then that sponsors partner must also provide character references.Recommended documentation:Evidence that your relationship is genuine and continuing You must provide documents to prove that your relationship is genuine and continuing. If statements are provided, they can be written statements or statutory declarations. They must be signed and dated by the authors. A statutory declaration must also be signed by two witnesses. You can attach supporting documents to your online application in ImmiAccount.The below are examples of information you may wish to provide: Form 888Statutory declaration by a supporting witness in relation to a Partner or a Prospective Marriage visa applicant (to be completed by two Australian citizens or permanent residents who have personal knowledge of your partner relationship).History of your relationship: Statements from you and your partner about: o how, when and where you first meto how your relationship developedo when you decided to marry or to start a de facto relationshipo your domestic arrangements (how you support each other financially, physically and emotionally and when this level of commitment began)o any periods of separation (when and why the separation occurred, for how long and how you maintained your relationship during the period of separation)o your future plans.Financial evidence of your relationship: Documents to show that you and your partner share financial commitments and responsibilities, such as: o evidence of any joint ownership of real estate or other major assets (for example, cars, appliances) and any joint liabilities (for example, loans, insurance)o sharing of financeso legal commitments that you and your partner have undertaken as a coupleo evidence that you and your partner have operated joint bank accounts for a reasonable period of timeo sharing of household bills and expenses.The nature of the household: Documents to show that you and your partner share responsibilities in your household, such as: o your living arrangementso a statement about the way housework is distributedo joint ownership or joint rental of the house in which you liveo joint utilities accounts (electricity, gas, telephone)o joint responsibility for bills for day-to-day living expenseso joint responsibility for childreno correspondence addressed to both you and your partner at the same address.Social context of the relationship: Documents to show how your relationship with your partner is seen by your friends and family will be considered, such as: o evidence that you and your partner are usually accepted as a couple socially (for example, joint invitations, going out together, friends and acquaintances in common)o statutory declarations from your partners parents, family members, relatives and other friends about their assessment of the nature of your relationshipo evidence that you and your partner have declared your relationship to government bodies, commercial or public institutions or authorities, joint membership of organisations or groupso evidence of joint participation in sporting, cultural or social activitieso joint travel.The nature of your commitment to each other: Documents to show your commitment to each other: o knowledge of each others personal circumstances (for example, background and family situation, which could be established at interview)o intention that your relationship will be long-term (for example, the extent to which you have combined your affairs)o the terms of your willso correspondence and itemised phone accounts to show that contact was maintained during any period of separation. If you are living in a de facto relationship, provide one of the following: o evidence that you have been in the relationship for at least 12 months before you apply for this visao evidence that of compelling and compassionate reasons for applying before the 12 month period has passedo evidence that you have registered your relationship in Australia with the relevant state or territory authority.For more information relating to authorised witnesses is available on the Who can witness statutory declarations? page.Your children Certified copies of birth certificates or the family book showing the names of both parents of all your dependent children. Evidence of financial dependency for all your family members aged 18 or older (such as evidence of current studies): o a certified copy of their birth certificate