Au Form 1085 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Application for a

Resident Return visa (RRV)

Form

1085

Before completing your application please read the information regarding Return documents for Australian citizens and permanent residents, available from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (the department) website

www.immi.gov.au/migrants/residents/

This web page also contains information about obtaining evidence of an existing RRV, or an old re-entry visa BF111, called an Authority to Return (ATR) or Return Endorsement (RE).

Important – Please read this information carefully before you complete your application. Once you have completed your application we strongly advise that you keep a copy for your records.

Who should use this form?

This form may be used to apply for:

•an RRV; or

•a provisional RRV.

Step 3

Make sure you have included the application charge. Each family member must complete a separate application and pay a separate charge.

Refer to Part F – Payment details of this form to calculate the charge and make payment.

Refer to www.immi.gov.au/fees-charges for a complete and current list of applicable fees and charges.

Fees and charges may be subject to change at any time and this may increase the cost of a visa application.

Generally, Visa Application Charges are reviewed on 1 July each year, and the exchange rates used to calculate the amount payable in a foreign country are updated on 1 January and 1 July each year.

If you do not pay the full Visa Application Charge amount, your visa application will not be valid.

Charges are generally not refundable, even if the application is withdrawn or refused.

Integrity of application

The department is committed to maintaining the integrity of the visa and citizenship programmes. Please be aware that if you provide us with fraudulent documents or claims, this may result in processing delays and your application being refused.

Providing false or misleading information, documents or statements to an officer is a serious offence with a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment or 1,000 penalty units (currently one penalty unit means AUD110), or both.

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 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 a certified copy of the page from your passport showing your photo and details 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.

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 Border Protection. 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

You are able to apply for an RRV online, by post or lodge your application form 1085 in person at your nearest departmental office overseas.

Applying by post

You must complete and send this application and payment by registered post to your nearest departmental office overseas.

Applying in person

You must complete this application and lodge it and your payment in person at your nearest departmental office overseas.

If you are in Australia

You are able to apply for an RRV online, by post or in person at any office of the department. You do not need to fill in this form.

Applying by post

You must complete and send this application form or a letter requesting an RRV, and payment by registered post to your nearest departmental office.

Applying in person

You can visit any departmental office with your payment.

Further information on eligibility and on applying online, by post or in person is available from the department’s website

www.immi.gov.au/migrants/residents/155/

Passport information

Most visa applicants will be required to hold a valid passport before they can be granted a visa. It is strongly recommended that the passport be valid for at least 6 months.

If you change your passport after you have been granted the visa you must notify the nearest Australian mission or office of the department.

If you do not provide us with the details of any new or additional passport you use to travel to Australia, you may experience significant delays at the airport and may be denied permission to board your plane.

Do NOT send your passport with your visa application.

Provide with your visa application, a certified copy of the page from your passport showing your photo and details. We will advise you if your application has been approved. Please keep a copy of the Visa Grant Notification in a safe place for your reference.

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 C 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.

Important information about privacy

Your personal information is protected by law, including the Privacy Act 1988. Important information about the collection, use and disclosure (to other agencies and third parties, including overseas entities) of your personal information, including sensitive information, is contained in form 1442i Privacy notice. Form 1442i is available from the department’s website www.immi.gov.au/allforms/ or offices of the department. You should ensure that you read and understand form 1442i before completing this form.

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.

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.

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 otherwise.

Your migration agent will be the person with whom the department 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.

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

Exempt persons

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 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.

Appointing a migration agent/exempt person

To appoint a migration agent/exempt person you should complete Part E – Options for receiving written communications.

Your migration agent/exempt person should complete form 956 Advice by a migration agent/exempt person of providing immigration assistance.

Form 956 is available from the department’s website

www.immi.gov.au/allforms/

Application for a

Resident Return visa (RRV)

Form

1085

Please use a pen, and write neatly in English using BLOCK LETTERS. Tick where applicable 3

4Have you been known by any other names?

(including name at birth, previous married names, aliases)

No

Give details

Family name

Given names

Reason for change: Deed Poll			Marriage		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).

Sex

Male

Female

Day Month Year

9Current 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.

Postcode

10Address for correspondence

(If the same as your residential address, write ‘AS ABOVE’)

Postcode

11Your telephone numbers

	Country code			Area code			Number
Office hours
	(		)	(		)
After hours
	(		)	(		)

12Do you agree to the department communicating with you by fax, email or other electronic means?

No

Yes			Give details
				Country code			Area code			Number
Fax number				(		)	(		)

Email address

13Are you presently in Australia?

No		Date you last departed Australia
			Day	Month	Year
Yes
		Date of expected departure from Australia
			Day	Month	Year

Date of birth

Place of birth

Town/city

Country

Relationship status
Married			Separated
Engaged			Divorced
De facto			Widowed

Never married or been in a de facto relationship

14Details from your passport

Passport number

Country of passport

Day Month Year

Date of issue

Date of expiry

Issuing authority/place of issue as shown in your passport

15Details 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.

Identity number

Country of issue

16 Have you ever:
• been charged with any offence that is
currently awaiting legal action?	No		Yes
• been convicted of an offence in any country
(including any conviction which is now
removed from official records)?	No		Yes
• been the subject of an arrest warrant or
Interpol notice?	No		Yes
• been found guilty of a sexually based offence
involving a child (including where no
conviction was recorded)?	No		Yes
• been named on a sex offender register?	No		Yes
• been acquitted of any offence on the grounds
of unsoundness of mind or insanity?	No		Yes
• been found by a court not fit to plead?	No		Yes
• been directly or indirectly involved in, or
associated with, activities which would
represent a risk to national security in
Australia or any other country?	No		Yes
• been charged with, or indicted for: genocide,
war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture,
slavery, or any other crime that is otherwise of
a serious international concern?	No		Yes

•been associated with a person, group or organisation that has been/is involved in

criminal conduct?

No

Yes

•been associated with an organisation engaged in violence or engaged in acts of violence (including war, insurgency, freedom fighting, terrorism, protest) either overseas or in

Australia?	No		Yes
• served in a military force, police force, state
sponsored/private militia or intelligence
agency (including secret police)?	No		Yes
• undergone any military/paramilitary training,
been trained in weapons/explosives or in the
manufacture of chemical/biological products?	No		Yes
• been involved in people smuggling or people
trafficking offences?	No		Yes

If you answered ‘Yes’ to any of the above questions, you must state who it applies to and give ALL relevant details. If the matter relates to a criminal conviction, please give the nature of the offence, full details of sentence and dates of any period of imprisonment or other detention.

If insufficient space, attach additional details

Part B – Visa details

17Were you granted your first permanent visa while in Australia?

No		Date you first arrived in Australia on a permanent visa
			Day	Month	Year
Yes		Date of grant
			Day	Month	Year

If you arrived in Australia prior to 1981, and you have not travelled overseas since your arrival, you should provide supporting evidence such as:

•a statutory declaration stating:

–that you have been resident since your first arrival

–the means of travel (eg. ship or airplane)

–the vessel (eg. ship name or flight number if available)

–the port at which your arrival was processed (may be a seaport or an airport)

–the full names and dates of birth of any accompanying family members

•a copy of your original travel document including all pages with stamps or labels affixed

•a copy of a National Archives record regarding your first arrival

•other documentation that indicates the time you have spent in Australia such as:

–letters or other documentation from employers

–school records

–bank records

–taxation assessment notices.

18Do you currently hold a permanent visa (including an RRV)?

No		Date your last permanent visa ceased
			Day	Month	Year
Yes		Date you were last granted a permanent visa
			Day	Month	Year

19Have you previously been an Australian citizen? No

Yes

Give details

Day Month Year

Date you became an Australian citizen

Date you ceased to be an Australian citizen

You will need to show evidence that you were an Australian citizen, such as a citizen certificate or an Australian passport

20Have you ever had an Australian entry permit or visa cancelled?

No

Yes

Attach a separate sheet giving details

21Have you ever been deported from Australia? No

Yes

Attach a separate sheet giving details

Date

Day Month Year

Port/Airport

Date

Day Month Year

Port/Airport

23Have you been present in Australia as a permanent resident or Australian citizen for periods totalling at least 2 years in the last 5 years? No

Yes	Go to Part C

24Are you the partner or dependent family member of a person who holds an RRV?

No

Yes

Give details

Person’s name

Their passport number

Their visa number

Day Month Year

Expiry date of their visa

If this expiry date is 1 year or more away, go to Part C

25Do you have substantial business, cultural, employment or personal ties with Australia which are of benefit to Australia?

No		Go to Question 32
Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing the nature of
		these ties and how they are of benefit to Australia, together
		with evidence to support your claims

28Have you been absent from Australia for a continuous period of 5 years or more immediately before lodging this application?

No

Yes		Do you have compelling reasons for the absence?
		No
		Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing
				these reasons, together with evidence to
				support your claims

Now go to Part C

29Have you been an Australian citizen or permanent resident in the last 10 years?

No	Go to Part C

Yes

30Have you been absent from Australia for a period or periods that total more than 5 years since you last departed Australia as an Australian citizen or permanent resident?

No

Yes		Do you have compelling reasons for the absence?
		No
		Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing
				these reasons, together with evidence to
				support your claims

Now go to Part C

26Are you applying while inside Australia?

No

If you:

•do NOT currently hold a permanent visa (ie. you answered ‘No’ at Question 18)

•currently hold a permanent visa (ie. you answered ‘Yes’ at Question 18)

Yes	Go to Question 31

Go to Question 27

Go to Question 28

31Have you been absent from Australia for a continuous period of 5 years or since the date you were granted your most recent permanent visa or since the date you ceased to be a citizen?

No

Yes		Do you have compelling reasons for the absence?
		No
		Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing
				these reasons, together with evidence to
				support your claims

27Were you a permanent resident or citizen of Australia when you last departed Australia?

No	Go to Question 29
Yes	Go to Question 28

Now go to Part C

32Are you applying while inside Australia?

No	Go to Question 33
Yes	Go to Question 35

33Did you have a compelling and compassionate reason for last departing Australia?

No		Go to Part C
Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing these reasons,
		together with evidence to support your claims

34Have you been absent from Australia for a continuous period of more than 3 months immediately before lodging this application?

No

Yes		Do you have compelling reasons for the absence?
		No
		Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing
				these reasons, together with evidence to
				support your claims

Now go to Part C

35Have you got a compelling and compassionate reason for departing Australia?

No

Yes		Please attach a separate sheet describing these reasons,
		together with evidence to support your claims

Part C – To be completed by all applicants

36Do 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

No	Go to Part D
Yes

37Give the following details about the person who will collect your passport Name

Address

Postcode

Signature of representative -

Day Month Year

Date

I authorise the person named above to collect my passport

Signature of
applicant	-

Day Month Year

Date

Part D – Assistance with this form

38Did you receive assistance in completing this form?

No	Go to Part E
Yes	Please give details of the person who assisted you
Title: Mr
	Mrs	Miss	Ms	Other

Family name

Given names

Address

							Postcode
Telephone number or daytime contact
	Country code				Area code		Number
Office hours
	(		)	(		)
Mobile/cell

39Is the person an agent registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (Office of the MARA)?

No

Yes	Go to Part E

40Is the person/agent in Australia?

No	Go to Part E

Yes

41Did you pay the person/agent and/or give a gift for this assistance?

No Yes

Part E – Options for receiving written communications

42All written communications about this application should be sent to:

(Tick one box only)

Myself
OR
Authorised			You should complete form 956A Appointment
recipient			or withdrawal of an authorised recipient
OR
Migration agent			Your migration agent/exempt person should
OR			complete form 956 Advice by a migration
			agent/exempt person of providing immigration
Exempt person			assistance

Part F – Payment details

43Do you have the application charge to include with your application?

(To check the application charge, refer to the department’s website www.immi.gov.au/fees-charges or check with the nearest office of the department.)

No

Application will be returned unassessed

Yes

Visa subclass you are applying for

Base Application Charge

Write the amount shown on the reference table for your visa subclass

AUD

+

(1)

Non-internet Application Charge (if applicable)

Additional Applicant Charge aged 18 years or over at the time your application is lodged

Write the amount shown on the					Number of additional applicants
reference table for your visa subclass						aged 18 years or over
					X (multiplied by)
	AUD							=

Additional Applicant Charge under 18 years of age at the time your application is lodged

Write the amount shown on the					Number of additional applicants
reference table for your visa subclass						under 18 years of age
					X (multiplied by)
	AUD							=

Subsequent Temporary Application Charge (if applicable)

Write the amount shown on the
reference table for your visa subclass						Number of applicants
					X (multiplied by)
	AUD							=

AUD

+

AUD

+

AUD

+

AUD

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Payment by (tick one box)

Australian Dollars

MasterCard

Diners Club

American Express

JCB

AUD

Visa

Credit card number

: : : : : :

: : : : :

: : : : : : :

Month

Year

Expiry date

:

:

Cardholder’s name

	Country code		Area code	Number
Telephone number	(	)	(	)

Address

Postcode

As the cardholder I acknowledge and accept that a credit card surcharge may apply to the transaction.

Signature of
cardholder	-

Credit card information will be used for charge paying purposes only.

Part G – Declaration

WARNING: Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.

46I 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 am aware that any person who provides false or misleading information or who deceives or misleads or who presents a forged document to an Australian Government official may be prosecuted.

•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 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.

•I have read the information contained in form 1442i Privacy notice.

•I understand the department may collect, use and disclose my personal information (including biometric information and other sensitive information) as outlined in form 1442i Privacy notice.

Signature of
primary
applicant	-
	Day	Month	Year

Date

When lodging your application do NOT place the application in any binder, folder or plastic sleeve.

We strongly advise that you keep a copy of your application and all attachments for your records.

Office use only

Charge paid?	No		Yes
	Day		Month	Year
Expiry date of passport

Class / subclass of visa issued

Previous visa number (if applicable)

VIT / visa number

Day Month Year

Expiry date of visa

Issued at

Day Month Year

Date of issue

Signature of issuing officer

Comments (if applicable)

Passport number

Passport

Held for collection

Signature of applicant/authorised representative

Returned by mail

Signature of returning officer