Form 1526 · Character or identity
Client Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Collection Consent Declaration
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 records a person's consent for a DNA sample to be collected and for the resulting parentage test results to be released to the Department of Home Affairs (or a requesting Australian mission) for use in a visa or related matter where biological relationships are being verified.
Who lodges it
The person providing the DNA sample (the client), or the parent/guardian of a child under 18, completes and signs it; it is countersigned by a witness and, where collection occurs overseas, overseen by a departmental officer.
When it is used
It is used at a DNA sample-collection appointment, typically to substantiate a claimed family relationship in support of a visa application, and is carried uncompleted to the appointment so it can be signed under supervision.
Official form
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