Form 1060 · Other visas
Information collection for Special Circumstance visa
What the form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is the Department's own PDF; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Form 1060 - Complete this form to rectify discrepancies in the resident status of persons of Papua New Guinea origin who have incorrectly believed they are Australian citizens.
Purpose
This form gathers the biographical and ancestry information the Department of Home Affairs needs to assess a person under the Special Circumstance visa arrangements, including matters connected to Papua New Guinea and citizenship history.
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Who lodges it
The person seeking assessment (the applicant). A separate form is completed by each person being assessed, though children may in some cases be included on a parent's form.
When it is used
Used when a person applies for, or is being assessed for, a Special Circumstance visa and needs to provide identity, citizenship and multi-generation family-history information to support that assessment.
Official form
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