Form 80 and Form 1221: What They Ask, How to Complete Them, and When a 482 Applicant Is Asked

Form 80, “Personal particulars for assessment including character assessment”, is a 19-page Home Affairs form covering your identity, 10 years of addresses and travel, your full employment history and 19 character questions, and applicants aged 16 or over complete it when the office processing their application asks. Form 1221, “Additional personal particulars information”, is a 10-page supplementary form that asks for similar personal, travel and employment details plus the purpose of the stay, and it too is completed by applicants aged 16 or over. The first step is to download the current version from Home Affairs, complete it in English in Adobe Acrobat Reader or by hand in block letters, and attach it to the application in ImmiAccount rather than emailing it.

A migration lawyer can check every Form 80 answer against the applicant’s other records before it is signed.

What is Form 80, and who is asked for it?

Form 80 is Home Affairs’ personal particulars form for assessing identity and character, and applicants aged 16 or over complete it in English “as requested by the office processing the application” (Form 80, page 1, design date 03/21). It is not tied to one visa: Question 24 in Part H asks whether you are applying for a temporary visa, so the form is used for temporary visas such as the 482 as well as permanent ones. The current version is the Form 80 PDF on the Home Affairs site, design date 03/21.

Home Affairs lists Form 80 among the things it may ask for after you apply, with a police certificate, Form 1563 Statement of Character, a military certificate or Form 1399 Declaration of Service, and a letter of good conduct from an employer (Home Affairs, Character requirements for visas, updated 20 August 2026).

What does Form 80 ask, section by section?

Form 80 asks 54 questions across 20 parts, A to T, as the table above sets out. Three groups of parts need the most care.

Addresses, travel and work with no gaps

• Part D asks for your address history for the last 10 years, in date order with no gaps, including places you lived for study or work and temporary accommodation.
• Part E asks for every trip to a country other than Australia in the last 10 years.
• Part F asks for all employment and unemployment: paid work, self-employment or a family business, internships, and unpaid or volunteer work, plus the time from birth to your first job and every gap between jobs or study.
• Part T is where any gap in Parts D or F must be explained.

The character questions

Question 36 asks whether you, or anyone included in the application, have ever:

1. been charged with an offence that is awaiting legal action;
2. been convicted of an offence in any country, including a conviction now removed from official records;
3. been charged with or convicted of family or domestic violence offences;
4. been the subject of a domestic or family violence order, or another order for the personal protection of another person;
5. been the subject of an arrest warrant or Interpol notice;
6. been found guilty of a sexually based offence involving a child, including where no conviction was recorded;
7. been named on a sex offender register;
8. been acquitted of an offence on the grounds of unsoundness of mind or insanity;
9. been found by a court not fit to plead;
10. been involved in or associated with activities that risk national security in Australia or another country;
11. been charged with or indicted for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, torture, slavery or another crime of serious international concern;
12. been associated with a person, group or organisation involved in criminal conduct;
13. been associated with an organisation engaged in violence, or engaged in acts of violence, in Australia or overseas;
14. served in a military force, police force, militia or intelligence agency;
15. undergone military or paramilitary training, or training in weapons, explosives or chemical or biological products;
16. been involved in people smuggling or people trafficking offences;
17. been removed, deported or excluded from any country, including Australia;
18. overstayed a visa in any country, including Australia;
19. had outstanding debts to the Australian Government or a public authority in Australia.

For any “yes”, give the date of the charge, the outcome and any penalty, and attach court documents such as sentencing remarks or court transcripts. Declare an order only where the applicant is the respondent or subject of it, not where the applicant is the person being protected.

Family and sponsor details

Part Q asks about associated people: your partner, children, parents, siblings, other family members and contacts in Australia. Part R asks whether a business or organisation in Australia sponsors you or is associated with you, and if so for its name, description, commercial address, contact person, other addresses, email and telephone numbers. Part R is the part an employer-sponsored applicant completes, and its details match the employer’s nomination.

What is Form 1221, and how does it differ?

Form 1221 is a shorter supplementary form that collects personal, travel and employment details and the purpose of the stay, while Form 80 goes deeper into history and character. The Form 1221 PDF on the Home Affairs site carries the same design date, 03/21.

Keeping answers consistent with your police certificates

Form 80 answers are checked against your police certificates, so five points need to line up:

1. Names. Give the same names at Question 4 as appear on every certificate, including your name at birth, names before or after marriage and other spellings.
2. Countries. List in Part D every country you lived in; those where you spent 12 months or more in the last 10 years are the ones Home Affairs usually asks for overseas police certificates from.
3. Coverage. Each certificate covers from age 16 to its issue date, or your whole stay in that country, so its dates match your Part D entries.
4. Convictions. Declare at Question 36 every matter a certificate shows, and any conviction now removed from official records, because Question 36 asks for those too.
5. Dates. Keep dates identical across Form 80, Form 1221 and the visa application.

How do you submit Form 80 and Form 1221?

Form 80 and Form 1221 are submitted by attaching them to the application in ImmiAccount, in six steps (Form 80, page 1; Home Affairs, Applying online):

If you find a mistake after submitting, report it through “Notification of incorrect answer(s)” in ImmiAccount.

Which other forms go with Form 80?

Five other Home Affairs forms sit beside Form 80:

• Form 1563 Statement of Character: Home Affairs lists it with Form 80 among what it may ask for after you apply.
• Form 1399 Declaration of Service: for military service, with a military certificate.
• Form 956 and Form 956A: Form 956 appoints your lawyer, and Form 956A appoints an authorised recipient for correspondence; the guide to Form 956A covers both.
• Form 1022: tells Home Affairs about a change in circumstances after you apply.
• Form 1442i Privacy notice: Form 80 and Form 1221 both ask you to read it before you sign.

On a 482: when Home Affairs asks a 482 applicant for Form 80

Home Affairs asks a 482 applicant for Form 80 only when the office processing the application requests it; the form is not part of the standard upload. The 482 applicant and family members aged 16 or over who apply must meet the character requirement (Home Affairs, Core Skills stream page), and a request appears in ImmiAccount under “Actions required” as a request to provide character assessment details (Home Affairs, Applying online). Part R records the 482 sponsor, so its details match the nomination. The 482 visa document checklist shows where Form 80 sits among the documents the worker and the employer upload.

Home Affairs encourages applicants whose conduct or associations need a character assessment to provide the relevant documents with the application, because character assessments take considerable time to finalise (Character requirements for visas).

Supplementary: character as a 482 refusal ground

Form 80 answers feed the character assessment, and three rules decide what follows:

1. The character test. Section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 sets the character test, which a person fails, for example, with a substantial criminal record.
2. Ministerial Direction No. 110. Officers apply it when weighing charges or convictions, including the protection of the Australian community, the best interests of minor children in Australia and ties to Australia.
3. False information. Form 80’s declaration warns that giving false or misleading information is a serious offence, and Home Affairs states that false or misleading information can lead to a visa being refused or cancelled.

The guide to 482 visa refusal reasons covers character alongside the other grounds and the review deadline.

A migration lawyer makes a 482 more likely to succeed here because Form 80 is signed under a warning that false or misleading information is a serious offence, and an answer that conflicts with a police certificate, an earlier visa application or the employment history behind a skills assessment can lead Home Affairs to refuse the visa.