Form 1526 · Character or identity
Client Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Collection Consent declaration
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 1526 - Complete this form to provide your authority for the DNA testing laboratory to provide DNA test results to the Department of Home Affairs or the requesting Australian High Commission, Embassy or Consulate.
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.
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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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