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Before completing your application please read information
form 968i Return documents for Australian citizens and
permanent residents, available from the Department of
Immigration and Citizenship (the department) website
www.immi.gov.au/allforms/
Important – Please read this information carefully before you
complete your application. Once you have completed your
application we strongly advise that you k
eep a copy for your
records.
Who should use this form?
This form may be used to apply for:
an RRV;
a provisional RRV; or
replacement evidence of an RRV, or an old re-entry visa BF111,
called an Authority to Return (ATR) or Return Endorsement
(RE).
If you are in Australia, you do not need to fill in this form.
However, you may wish to read through the questions in the
form to help determine if you are eligible for an RRV and, if so,
what documents you need.
Integrity of application
The department is committed to maintaining the integrity of
the visa and citizenship programs. Please be aware that if you
provide us with fraudulent documents or claims, this may result
in processing delays and possibly your application being refused.
How to apply
Step 1
Complete this form in English using BLOCK LETTERS.
You must provide the address of where you intend to live while
your application is being dealt with. Failure to give a residential
address in your application will result in your application being
invalid. A post office box address will not be accepted as your
residential address.
Make sure you, and any dependants over 18 years of age
included in the application, sign the form. If an applicant is
under 18 years of age, a parent or legal guardian must sign the
application form.
Step 2
Make sure you have all the documents required. These will
include your current passport and additional documents as
requested in questions in this form.
If your documents are not in English you should arrange for
them to be translated into English by an accredited translator.
You should include both the original and the translated
documents in your application. Passports do not need to
be translated.
If you provide photocopies of original documents, they must
be certified as true copies by an authorised person. Authorised
people include: a magistrate, Justice of the Peace, Commissioner
of Declarations, Commissioner of Affidavits, solicitor, registered
medical practitioner, bank manager, postal manager or a State
or Public Service officer with at least 5 years service.
Step 3
Make sure you have included the application charge. If more
than one applicant is travelling on the same passport, only one
form and one charge is required. In all other cases of family
applicants, each passport holder must complete a separate
application and pay a separate charge.
Fees may be subject to adjustment at any time. Visa Application
Charges may be subject to adjustment. This may increase the
cost of a visa.
See form 990i Char
ges, available from the depar
tment’s website
www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i.htm
Payment must accompany your application and is generally not
refunded if the application is unsuccessful.
Method of payment
In Australia
To make a payment, please pay by credit card, debit card, bank
cheque or money order made payable to the Department of
Immigration and Citizenship. Debit card and credit card are the
preferred methods of payment.
Outside Australia
Before making a payment outside Australia, please check with
the Australian Government office where you intend to lodge
your application as to what methods of payment and currencies
they can accept and to whom the payment should be made
payable.
Step 4
If you are outside Australia, lodge your application at any
Australian mission.
In Australia, lodge your application at any office of the
department.
How do you get your documents back from the
department?
Once processed, you can collect your passport or other
documents personally or, if you prefer, they can be sent to your
residential address by registered mail. If you would like another
person to collect your passport or other documents, complete
Part D which must be signed by you and the person acting on
your behalf.
Please ensure they carry identification when they attend an
office of the department.
Review rights
If you are refused an RRV in Australia, you have a right to seek
a review of the decision from the Migration Review Tribunal.
Applicants outside Australia only have a right to seek a review
if they have a parent, spouse, de facto partner, child, brother or
sister who is either an Australian citizen or an Australian
permanent resident.
Form
1085
Application for a
Resident Return visa (RRV)
or replacement evidence of an RRV or
BF111 (ATR or RE) visa label
Options for receiving written communications
You may authorise another person to receive all
communications, both written and electronic, about your
application with the department. You will be taken to have
received any documents sent to that person as if they had been
sent to you.
To do this you will need to complete Part F Options for receiving
written communications and form 956 Appointment of a
migration agent or exempt agent or other authorised recipient.
For an explanation of what a migration agent or exempt agent
or authorised recipient can do please read the sections below.
To change or end the appointment of your migration agent or
exempt agent or authorised recipient you must promptly advise
the department in writing. You can do this by using form 956
Appointment of a migration agent or exempt agent or other
authorised recipient.
Authorised recipient information
An authorised recipient is someone you appoint to receive
written communications about your application with the
department.
All written communication about your application will be sent
to your authorised recipient, unless you indicate that you wish
to have health and/or character information sent directly to
you.
The department will communicate with the most recently
appointed authorised recipient as you may only appoint one
authorised recipient at any time for a particular application.
Migration agent information
A migration agent is someone who can:
advise you on the visa that may best suit you;
tell you the documents you need to submit with your
application;
help you fill in the application and submit it; and
communicate with the department on your behalf.
If you appoint a migration agent, the department will assume
that your migration agent will be your authorised recipient,
unless you indicate other
wise.
Your migration agent will be the person with whom the
depar
tment will discuss your application and from whom it will
seek further information when required.
You are not required to use a migration agent. However, if you
use a migration agent, the department encourages you to use
a registered migration agent. Registered agents are bound by
the Migration Agents Code of Conduct, which requires them to
act professionally in their clients’ lawful best interests.
Immigration assistance
A person gives immigration assistance to you if he or she uses,
or claims to use, his or her knowledge or experience in
migration procedure to assist you with your visa application,
request for ministerial intervention, cancellation review
application, sponsorship or nomination.
In Australia a person may only lawfully give immigration
assistance if he or she is a registered migration agent or is
exempt from being registered. Only registered migration agents
may receive a fee or reward for providing immigration
assistance.
If an unregistered person in Australia, who is not exempt from
registration, gives you immigration assistance they are
committing a criminal offence and may be prosecuted.
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About the information you give
The department is authorised to collect information provided
on this form under Part 2 of the Migration Act 1958 ‘Control of
Arrival and Presence of Non-Citizens’. The information provided
will be used by the department for assessing your eligibility for
a visa to travel, enter and remain in Australia and for other
purposes relating to the administration of the Migration Act, for
example, to assist migrants with settling in Australia, to monitor
the conduct of migration agents, or for ensuring compliance
with the Migration Act.
The information provided might also be disclosed to agencies
who are authorised to receive information relating to adoption,
border control, business skills, citizenship, education, health
assessment, health insurance, health services, law enforcement,
payment of pensions and benefits, taxation, review of decisions
and regulation of migration agents.
The collection, access, storage use and disclosure by the
department of the information you provide in this form is
governed by the Privacy Act 1988 and in particular, by the
11 Information privacy principles. The information form 993i
Safeguarding your personal information, available from offices
of the department, gives details of agencies to which your
personal information might be disclosed.
The department is authorised under the Migration Act 1958, in
certain circumstances, to collect a range of personal identifiers
including a facial image, fingerprints and a signature from non-
citizens, including from visa applicants. The department requires
personal identifiers to assist in assessing your identity. The
department is authorised to disclose your personal identifiers
and information relating to your name and other relevant
biographical data to a number of agencies including law
enforcement and health agencies and to other agencies who
may need to check your identity with this department. Where
the department obtains personal identifiers they will become
part of your official record with the department.
The department is involved in international information
exchanges with a number of countries, including the United
Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada and New
Zealand. These international information exchanges may involve
the sharing of personal identifiers, including facial images and
fingerprint data, collected by immigration agencies such as this
department. If, as a result of this sharing between countries,
there is a match with your personal identifiers, the department
will disclose
your biographical data, copies of travel and other
identity documents or infor
mation from such documents, your
immigration status and immigration history (which may include
any immigration abuse and offences) and any criminal histor
y
information relevant to immigration purposes. The purpose of
such disclosure would be to help confirm your identity and
determine if you have presented to the depar
tment and the
other agency under the same identity and with similar claims.
For more detailed information you should read information
form 1243i Your personal identifying information, which is
available from the department’s website
www.immi.gov.au/allforms/ or from any office of the
department or Australian mission overseas.
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Migration agents in Australia
Migration agents in Australia must be registered with the Office
of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (Office of the
MARA) unless they are exempt from registration.
Migration agents outside Australia
Migration agents who operate outside Australia do not have to
be registered. The department may give some overseas agents
an ID number. This number does not mean that they are
registered.
Note: Some Australian registered migration agents operate
overseas.
Exempt agents
The following people do not have to be a registered migration
agent in order to provide immigration assistance, but they must
not charge a fee for their service:
a close family member (spouse, de facto partner, child,
parent, brother or sister);
a sponsor or nominator for this visa application;
a member of parliament or their staff;
an official whose duties include providing immigration
assistance (eg. a Legal Aid provider);
a member of a diplomatic mission, consular post or
international organisation.
Further information on migration agents
Information on migration agents, including a list of registered
migration agents, is available on the Office of the MARA website
www.mara.gov.au
You can also access information about migration agents on the
department’s website www.immi.gov.au
Consent to communicate electronically
The department may use a range of means to communicate
with you. However, electronic means such as fax or e-mail will
only be used if you indicate your agreement to receiving
communication in this way.
To process your application the department may need to
communicate with you about sensitive information, for example,
health, police checks, financial viability and personal
relationships. Electronic communications, unless adequately
encrypted, are not secure and may be viewed by others or
interfered with. If you agree to the department communicating
with you by electronic means, the details you provide will only
be used by the department for the purpose for which you have
provided them, unless there is a legal obligation or necessity to
use them for another purpose, or you have consented to use
for another purpose. They will not be added to any mailing list.
The Australian Government accepts no responsibility for the
security or integrity of any information sent to the department
over the internet or by other electronic means.
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Telephone 131 881 during business hours
in Australia to speak to an operator (recorded
information available outside these hours).
If you are outside Australia, please contact
your nearest Australian mission.
General
enquiry line
Home page
www.immi.gov.au
Please keep these information pages for your reference
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Are you an Australian citizen?
1
Part A – Your details
To be completed by all applicants
This is not the correct form. Please read the
information form 968i
Return documents for
Australian citizens and permanent residents.
3
TYPE OF APPLICATION –
select one only
2
Replacement evidence of a lost, stolen or damaged
RRV or BF111 (ATR or RE) visa label
RRV (called a Return (Residence) (Class BB) visa)
Provisional RRV (called a Resident Return
(Temporary) (Class TP) visa)
Your full name
Family name
Given names
4
Family name
Given names
Give details
Sex
5
Deed Poll Marriage
Date of birth
6
Place of birth
7
Town/city
Country
DAY MONTH YEAR
Reason for
change
Other Specify
If you have changed your name since your first arrival in Australia,
please provide documents to evidence your name change
(eg. marriage certificate, deed poll or other official documents
showing use of the name).
12
13
Are you presently in Australia?
Date of expected departure
from Australia
Date you last departed Australia
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Address for correspondence
(If the same as your residential address, write ‘AS ABOVE’)
11
DAY MONTH YEAR
DAY MONTH YEAR
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1085
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Current residential address
Note: A post office box address is not acceptable as a residential
address. Failure to give a residential address will result in your application
being invalid.
YesNo
Yes
No
Male
Female
POSTCODE
POSTCODE
Your telephone numbers
Office hours
After hours
(AREA CODE )
(AREA CODE )
Yes
No
Give details
Fax number
E-mail address
Do you agree to the department communicating with you by fax, e-mail
or other electronic means?
(AREA CODE )
Yes
No
Relationship status
8
Married Never married or
been in a de facto
relationship
Separated
De facto
Engaged
Widowed
Divorced
Tick where applicable
Please use a pen, and write neatly in English using BLOCK LETTERS.
Have you been known by any other names?
(including name at birth, previous married names, aliases)
Application for a
Resident Return visa (RRV)
or replacement evidence of an RRV or
BF111 (ATR or RE) visa label
Details of family members included in your passport
who are included in your application
16
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Relationship to you
Australian citizen?
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DAY MONTH YEAR
Details from your passport
14
Passport number
Country of
passport
Date of issue
Issuing authority/
Place of issue as
shown in your
passport
If you are applying for:
17
RRV or provisional RRV Go to Part B
Replacement RRV, or
BF111 (ATR or RE) visa
label
Go to Part C – you do not need to
complete Part B
Have you ever had an Australian entry permit or visa cancelled?
21
Attach a separate sheet giving details
Have you ever been deported from Australia?
Date you were granted
permanent residence in Australia
22
Did you first arrive in Australia as a migrant?
23
Date of first arrival in Australia
If you initially arrived in Australia prior to 1973, and you have not travelled
since your arrival, you should provide either your original travel document,
or the following documents:
a statutory declaration stating:
(a) that you have been a resident since your first arrival; and
(b) your parents’ full names – only if you were under 16 at the time
of arrival; and
one or more of the following sets of documents that indicate the time
you have spent in Australia:
letters from employers; or
school records; or
bank records; or
tax assessment notices.
Part B – To be completed if you are
applying for an RRV
Do you have a current permanent visa, or did you have one
when you last left Australia?
18
You will need to provide evidence of this visa. Generally, the
simplest way to do this is to provide a passport containing
the visa. If you are unable to provide this, you should contact
the department or an Australian mission overseas to discuss
alternative forms of evidence
Now go to Question 21
Have you ever held a permanent visa?
19
Give details
Date you were last granted a permanent visa
Date you last departed Australia as a
permanent visa holder
Date your last permanent visa expired
Have you previously been an Australian citizen?
20
Date you became an Australian citizen
Date you ceased to be an Australian citizen
Date you last departed Australia as an
Australian citizen
You will need to show evidence that you were an Australian citizen,
such as a citizen certificate or an Australian passport
Date of expiry
YesNo
Yes
No
Yes
No
Give detailsYes
No
DAY MONTH YEAR
DAY MONTH YEAR
Yes
No
Attach a separate sheet giving details
Yes
No
Yes
No
DAY MONTH YEAR
Details of identity card or identity number issued to you by your
government
(if applicable)
eg. National identity card.
Note: If you are the holder of multiple identity numbers because you are
a citizen of more than one country, you need to enter the identity number
on the card from the country that you live in.
15
Identity number
Country of issue
1.
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Relationship to you
Australian citizen?
YesNo
2.
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Relationship to you
Australian citizen?
YesNo
3.
Details of your departure from Australia
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If you are outside Australia, and you hold a permanent visa, or you held
permanent residence or Australian citizenship when you last departed
Australia, have you been absent from Australia for a continuous period
of 5 years or more immediately before your application?
28
Please attach a separate sheet describing the compelling
reasons for your absence, together with copies of available
evidence to support your reasons
Are you a member of the family unit of a person who holds an RRV?
26
Give details
Have you travelled outside Australia in the last 5 years?
24
Please provide your passport or travel documents showing your travel
outside Australia over the last 5 years.
Only if these documents are not available, give details below
Details of your return to Australia
Have you been present in Australia as a permanent resident or Australian
citizen for periods totalling at least 2 years in the last 5 years?
25
Go to Part D
Person’s name
Their passport number
Their visa number
Expiry date of their visa
Do you have substantial business, cultural, employment or personal ties
to Australia which are of benefit to Australia?
27
Do you, or did you, have compelling and compassionate
reasons for departing Australia?
Please attach a separate sheet describing
these reasons, together with copies of
available evidence to support your reasons
If you are outside Australia and it is more than 3 months
since you last departed Australia, do you have compelling
and compassionate reasons for your absence?
Please attach a separate sheet describing
these reasons, together with copies of
available evidence to support your reasons
Now go to Part D
– You do not need to complete Part C
If you are outside Australia, you do not currently hold a permanent visa
and you did not hold permanent residence or Australian citizenship when
you last departed Australia, but you have held permanent residence or
Australian citizenship at some time in the last 10 years, have you been
absent from Australia for a cumulative period of 5 years or more since
departing Australia as a permanent resident or Australian citizen?
29
Please attach a separate sheet describing the compelling
reasons for your absence,together with copies of available
evidence to support your reasons
If you are applying inside Australia, have you been absent from Australia
for a continuous period of 5 years or more since you were last granted
a permanent visa or since the date you ceased to be an Australian
citizen?
30
Please attach a separate sheet describing the compelling
reasons for your absence, together with copies of available
evidence to support your reasons
Now go to Part D – You do not need to complete Part C
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Please attach a separate sheet describing these ties to
Australia, together with copies of available evidence to
support your ties to Australia
Port/Airport
Date
DAY MONTH YEAR
Port/Airport
Date
DAY MONTH YEAR
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
DAY MONTH YEAR
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
If granted a visa without a label, please provide the 13-digit Visa grant
number, as shown on the letter notifying the applicant of the grant of
the visa.
Visa label
number/ visa
grant number
Part C – To be completed if you are applying for replacement evidence
of a lost, stolen or damaged RRV or BF111 (ATR or RE) visa label
A new visa label will only include family members who were named on your original visa if these people are also named in your
current passport.
If any family members who were named in your previous passport and visa now have their own passport and also need evidence of
the visa, they need to apply separately for replacement evidence.
If anyone named on your new passport was not included in the original visa, they need to apply separately for the grant of an RRV.
You must pay a fee for a replacement RRV or BF111 (ATR or RE) visa label.
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Details of the visa you need replaced (if known)
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Date of issue
Expiry date
Visa class/subclass
Where was your visa granted?
If you have a photocopy of the visa please attach it
If your passport containing the visa was lost or stolen, have you notified
the authorities (police or nearest embassy or consulate of your country
of citizenship)?
35
Provide details and attach copies of any relevant paperwork
Briefly describe why you need a new visa label
34
If your original visa is in a passport which has been lost,
stolen or damaged, briefly describe the circumstances
DAY MONTH YEAR
DAY MONTH YEAR
Details of passport to which the visa was attached (if known)
32
Name of passport holder
Date of issue
Expiry date
Passport number
Nationality of passport
33
Details of other persons included in the original visa
DAY MONTH YEAR
DAY MONTH YEAR
Yes
No
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Relationship to you
Australian citizen?
YesNo
1.
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Australian citizen?
YesNo
2.
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Australian citizen?
YesNo
3.
Family name
Given names
Date of birth
DAY MONTH YEAR
Country of birth
Australian citizen?
YesNo
4.
V<
Relationship to you
Relationship to you
Relationship to you
Part D – To be completed by all applicants
Do you require another person to collect your passport on your behalf?
Note: Your passport will not be given to this person unless you provide
this authorisation
36
Name
Signature of
representative
I authorise the person named above to collect my passport
Signature of
applicant
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Address
Yes
No
POSTCODE
DAY MONTH YEAR
Date
DAY MONTH YEAR
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Part E – Assistance with this form
Is the person an agent registered with the Office of the Migration Agents
Registration Authority (Office of the MARA)?
39
Yes
No
Go to Part F
Did you receive assistance in completing this form?
38
Yes
No
Please give details of the person who assisted you
Did you pay the person/agent and/or give a gift for this assistance?
41
Yes
No
Go to Part F
Mr
Mrs Miss Ms
Title: Other
Family name
Given names
Address
Telephone number or daytime contact
Office hours
Mobile/cell
( )
COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE
( )
NUMBER
Is the person/agent in Australia?
40
Yes
No
Go to Part F
POSTCODE
Part F – Options for receiving written
communications
Myself All written communications will be sent to
the address for communications that you
have provided in this form.
Migration agent
Authorised
recipient
42
All written communications about this application should be sent to:
(Tick one box only)
Agent exempt
from registration
You must complete form 956
Appointment
of a migration agent or exempt agent or other
authorised recipient
and attach it to this
application form. Form 956 is available from
the department’s website
www.immi.gov.au
OR
OR
OR
Go to Part E
Give the following details about the person who will collect your passport
37
I declare that the information I have supplied in this application is
complete, correct and up-to-date in every detail.
I understand that if I give false or misleading information, my
application may be refused, or any visa granted may be cancelled.
I understand that if this application is approved, any person not
included in this application will not have automatic right of entry to
Australia by way of this application.
I will inform the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of any
changes to my personal circumstances (including change of address)
while my application is being considered.
I authorise the Australian Government to make any enquiries necessary
to determine my eligibility for permanent stay in Australia, and to use
any information supplied in this application for that purpose.
I have read and understood the information supplied to me in this
application.
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Do you have the application charge to include with your application?
(Check with the department or an Australian mission for the current
charges, or refer to the latest form 990i
Charges
available from
www.immi.gov.au/allforms/990i.htm)
Part G – Payment details Part H – Declaration
45
Application will be returned unassessed
When lodging your application do NOT place the application in
any binder,
folder or plastic sleeve.
Signature
of primary
applicant
WARNING
: Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
Yes
No
43
DAY MONTH YEAR
Date
We strongly advise that you keep a copy of your application
and all attachments for your records.
How will you pay your application charge?
If applying in Australia, debit card or credit card are the preferred
methods of payment. Debit cards cannot be used for applications lodged
by mail. If paying by bank cheque or money order please make payable
to the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
If applying outside Australia, please check with the Australian
Government office where you intend to lodge your application as to what
methods of payment and currencies they can accept and to whom the
payment should be made payable.
44
Payment by
(tick one box)
MasterCard
Visa
Diners Club
JCB
Australian Dollars
AUD
Expiry date
Credit card information will be used for charge paying purposes only.
Signature of
cardholder
Address
Telephone
number
Cardholder’s name
Credit card number
Bank cheque
Money order
Credit card Give details below
American Express
::::::::::::::::::
Debit card
:
MONTH YEAR
:
( )
COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE
( )
NUMBER
POSTCODE
Cannot be used for applications lodged by mail
Comments
(if applicable)
VIT / visa number
Expiry date of visa
Issued at
Charge paid?
Date of issue
Previous visa number
(if applicable)
Expiry date of passport
Class / subclass of visa issued
Signature of
issuing officer
Passport number
Passport
Held for collection
Returned by mail
Signature of
applicant/
authorised
representative
Signature
of returning
officer
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YesNo
DAY MONTH YEAR
Office use only