A prospective 491 visa applicant first lodges an Expression of Interest (EOI). If the Department of Home Affairs selects the EOI for the 491 visa family-sponsored stream, the applicant must provide documents supporting the points they have claimed in their EOI. For the 491 visas sponsored by the state, the applicant must satisfy the points according to their EOI and nomination.
Checklist for 491 Visa
491 Checklist
For all 491 Visa applicants
The following is the list of documents all applicants will need to provide in support of their subclass 491 application.
- Passport
- National ID Card
- Birth certificate.
- Marriage Certificate if married.
- Divorce Certificate if applicable.
- Death Certificate if applicable
- Overseas Police clearance certificate where the applicant has lived for more than 12 months in the last 10 years since the applicant has turned 16 years of age.
- Passport-size photos.
491 Visa Document checklist
Primary Applicant
The primary applicants of a subclass 491 visa permanent visa will require the following documents:
- All overseas qualifications certificate.
- All overseas qualifications transcripts.
- All Australian qualifications certificates.
- All Australian qualifications transcripts.
- Competition letters from Australian colleges or universities for Australian qualifications.
- Confirmation of enrolment in the Australian qualifications is completed.
- English Language Proficiency Tests certificates such as PTE, IELTS, TOEFL iBT, OET, and CAE.
- Evidence of Skill Assessment for the nominated occupation from the relevant Australian skill assessment authority.
- Professional Year certificate if 5 points are claimed for that.
- NAATI or National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters certificate if 5 points are claimed.
- If points are claimed for specialist qualification, then evidence in the form of academic transcripts and certificates.
- Any license or evidence of professional registration.
- Bank Statements
- Superannuation statement
- Reference letter from employer
- Payslips
- Notice of Assessment, Pay summary, etc.
- If you have been sponsored in the family-sponsored stream, provide evidence that the sponsor was living in the designated regional area and continues to live there.
- Resume with ten years of employment and education history
Document Checklist for 491 Visa
Spouse or De-facto Partner.
491 visa application checklist documents for the spouse of subclass 491 primary applicant are as follows:
- Qualifications evidence, such as a certificate and transcripts for a 2-year full-time study taught in English, to demonstrate functional English.
- English Language Proficiency Test certificates such as PTE, IELTS, TOEFL iBT, OET, and CAE if claimed 5 points for partner English.
- Evidence of Skill Assessment for the nominated occupation from the relevant Australian skill assessment authority if 5 points have been claimed for the partner.
- Evidence of a de facto or married relationship, such as a marriage certificate or certificate of registered relationship, and evidence that the relationship is genuine.
- 888 Forms from witnesses vouching for the relationship.
- Form 80
- Call records.
- Any will and superannuation nomination for each other.
- Marriage Photos
- Social media photos
- Joint air tickets
- Statutory declaration from the primary applicant and spouse describing the relationship.
- Any other evidence of the Nature of the household, financial aspects of the relationship, social aspects, and nature of the commitment to prove that the relationship is genuine and continuing.
- Children’s birth certificate, etc.
Disclaimer: The above information is not tailored to personal circumstances.
For information relevant to personal circumstances, please book an
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