Form 1496i · Join or bring family
Including Family Members in Your Application
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 which family members may be included in certain visa applications and the general requirements and evidence involved. It sets out how partners, children (including newborn children), and, for some visa types, other relatives may be treated as members of the family unit.
Who lodges it
This is guidance material rather than a lodged form; it is read by the primary visa applicant considering whether to include family members.
When it is used
Used as reference when a person is preparing a visa application and needs to understand whether and how family members can be included, or when notifying the Department about a newborn child added to a pending application.
Official form
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