Request for details of Members of your Family Unit
You have been directed to this page as we require information from you regarding any eligible members of your family unit before we can start your Visa application.
The Australian Department of Home Affairs requires you to declare ALL eligible members of your family unit in visa applications. Even if a member of your family unit is not having a visa applied for them, you MUST still declare their details in your visa application.
‘Eligible Member of the Family Unit’ as a general rule is a defined term under the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth).[1]
A person is a member of the family unit of another person (the family head) if the person:
(a) is a spouse or de facto partner of the family head; or
(b) is a child or step‑child of the family head or of a spouse or de facto partner of the family head (other than a child or step‑child who is engaged to be married or has a spouse or de facto partner) and:
(i) has not turned 18; or
(ii) has turned 18, but has not turned 23, and is dependent on the family head or on the spouse or de facto partner of the family head; or
(iii) has turned 23 and is dependent on the family head or on the spouse or de facto partner of the family head; or
(c) is a dependent child of a person who meets the conditions in paragraph (b) .
- Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) reg 1.12(2).