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Charges are generally not refundable, even if the application is withdrawn or refused.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