Form 1259i · Character or identity
Information About DNA Testing for Visa and Citizenship Applicants
What this official form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is only ever the Department's own document; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Purpose
This is an information sheet explaining how DNA testing can be used as one form of evidence of a claimed biological family relationship for visa and citizenship-by-descent purposes. It explains that testing is voluntary, how it works, and how results are used, rather than collecting applicant details.
Who lodges it
No party lodges it - it is an explanatory document provided to visa and citizenship-by-descent applicants who may be invited to undertake DNA testing.
When it is used
It is provided when the Department is not satisfied with documentary evidence of a claimed biological relationship and offers DNA testing as an optional way to help establish that relationship.
Official form
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