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Certification of Immigration Status
Form
1194
Department of Home Affairs
About this form
Important – Please read this information carefully before you
complete this form.
This form can be used to request a Certification of Immigration
Status for the purposes of making a Departing Australia
Superannuation Payment (DASP) claim with the Australian Tax
Office (ATO).
Important information about claiming DASP
The DASP scheme is administered by the ATO and the eligibility
requirements are set out in the Superannuation Industry
(Supervision) Regulations 1994.
If you accumulated superannuation while in Australia as a holder
of a Temporary Resident visa, you are eligible to claim DASP if
you meet all of the following requirements:
• you have left Australia
• you were an eligible temporary resident
• your Temporary Resident visa has ceased to be in effect
(ie. all Temporary Resident visas have expired or been
cancelled)
• you are not an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen or
Australian permanent resident.
If you are an Australian Citizen, an Australian Permanent Resident
or a New Zealand Citizen, you will generally not be eligible for
payment of your superannuation benefits until you have reached
retirement age.
Applications for DASP claims can either be lodged:
• online via the ATO to either your superannuation fund and/or
ATO (for ATO-held super), or
• by paper directly submitted to either your superannuation
fund or to the ATO (for ATO-held super). DASP claim forms
are available from the ATO website
www.ato.gov.au/departaustralia
DASP online is a free service provided by the ATO and includes
online verification of your immigration status to confirm that
your Temporary Resident visa has ceased to be in effect and that
you have left Australia.
If you choose to claim DASP using the ATO paper application
form which is to be lodged directly with your superannuation
fund, you will be required to provide evidence in support of that
application to confirm that your Temporary Resident visa is no
longer in effect and that you have left Australia.
Further information about eligibility and the ATO DASP online
and paper application processes, including the ATO DASP
application form, is available from the ATO website
www.ato.gov.au/departaustralia
or by writing to:
Australian Taxation Office
PO Box 3100
PENRITH NSW 2740
AUSTRALIA
Request for Certification of Immigration Status
If you intend to lodge a paper application for your DASP claim
with your superannuation fund and your superannuation
withdrawal benefit is AUD5,000 or more, your superannuation
fund requires you to provide a Certification of Immigration Status
from the Department as evidence that your Temporary Resident
visa has ceased to be in effect and that you have left Australia.
Each person who wishes to request a Certification of Immigration
Status must complete a separate form 1194.
There is a fee associated with each request for Certification of
Immigration Status (see Charges).
For paper lodged DASP applications where your superannuation
withdrawal benefit is less than AUD5,000 you can provide your
own evidence to your superannuation fund confirming that your
Temporary Resident visa is no longer in effect (ceased/cancelled)
and that you have left Australia. This evidence would generally
include either a copy of your visa grant notification letter or a
copy of your visa label or visa cancellation advice from the
Department as well as a copy of your passport showing that you
have left Australia.
Where to send this form
Return your completed form by email to
GCN.admin@homeaffairs.gov.au
Note: Do not send ATO DASP claim forms to the Department.
Send these directly to your superannuation fund and/or the ATO,
depending on where your funds are being held.
What happens after you have lodged this form?
When the request is finalised the Department will email the
Certification of Immigration Status directly to your nominated
superannuation fund(s) and will send a copy to you either by
email or post.
Note: The Department allows 21 days for a letter sent by post to
be received at an overseas address.
Charges
There is a fee associated with the request for Certification of
Immigration Status.
Payment must accompany your request for Certification of
Immigration Status and is not generally refunded if your request
is not successful.
Fees may be subject to adjustment at any time, with many
charges subject to adjustment on 1 July each year. This may
increase the cost of making a request for Certification of
Immigration Status.
To check the application charge, refer to the Department’s
website www.homeaffairs.gov.au
Method of payment
Make your payment electronically through the ‘My Payments’
section of ImmiAccount. Sign into, or create, your ImmiAccount
and select My Payments>Manage Payments>Pre-Pay Paper Service,
at www.homeaffairs.gov.au/immiaccount
If you are outside Australia and cannot pay online in ImmiAccount
check the Department’s website for alternative payment methods
for your location www.homeaffairs.gov.au/locations