Form 1463 · Leaving Australia
Request for Approval to Travel Under Visa Condition 8559 (Must Not Enter Country of Reference)
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 form is used to request written approval to enter a person's country of reference where visa condition 8559 would otherwise prohibit that travel. The Department assesses whether compassionate and compelling circumstances justify the entry before any approval is given.
Who lodges it
The visa holder subject to condition 8559 (a primary or secondary holder of a Permanent Protection visa subclass 866 granted on or after 3 June 2013).
When it is used
Used before travelling to the country of reference each time such travel is intended, so that the person can obtain written ministerial approval and avoid breaching condition 8559.
Official form
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