A departing Australia superannuation payment (DASP) pays a former temporary resident their Australian super, less tax withheld (35% on the taxed element for most claimants), once they have left Australia and their visa has ceased. It is claimed free through the ATO’s DASP online application system, which can be started before departure but can only be submitted after the visa has expired or been cancelled and no other Australian visa is held (Australian Taxation Office, DASP page, updated 21 April 2026). The first step, before leaving, is to list every super fund your employers paid into and to ask each employer to confirm that all contributions have been paid.
- Before you leave, find every super account. List every fund your employers paid into, and ask each employer to confirm that all contributions have been paid. A fund may require certified copies of identity documents where the balance is $5,000 or more, so have them certified before you go. Start the online application before you leave, as the ATO recommends.
- Leave Australia. The claim cannot be submitted from inside Australia.
- Make sure the visa has ceased. It either expires or, in some circumstances, you can ask Home Affairs to cancel it after you have left. Check its expiry date in VEVO.
- Submit the claim. Use the DASP online application system, which is free and confirms that you have left Australia and that your visa has expired. Only if you cannot use it, send the correct ATO paper form to the fund or the ATO, pre-pay $55 to Home Affairs in ImmiAccount and email Form 1194 Certification of Immigration Status.
- Receive the payment. A DASP is generally paid within 28 days of a complete application, and the payer issues a DASP payment summary within 14 days of paying it.
- Tax is withheld before you are paid. Tax-free component: nil. Taxable component, taxed element: 35%. Taxable component, untaxed element: 45%. Any part from working holiday maker contributions: 65% on the whole payment.
| Item | Amount | Applies from | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| DASP tax, taxable component (taxed element), not a working holiday maker | 35% | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| DASP tax, taxable component (untaxed element), not a working holiday maker | 45% | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| DASP tax where any part comes from working holiday maker contributions (whole payment) | 65% | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| Time after departure (with the visa ceased) after which a fund transfers unclaimed super to the ATO | 6 months | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| Usual time to pay a DASP after a complete application | 28 days | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| Time for the payer to issue a DASP payment summary | 14 days | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| Super balance at which a fund may require certified identity documents for a DASP claim | $5,000 | current | ATO: Departing Australia superannuation payment |
| Home Affairs fee for a Certification of Immigration Status (Form 1194) | $55 | current | Home Affairs: access your superannuation |
| Super guarantee rate | 12% | 1 July 2025 | ATO: super guarantee rates |
| Time for super guarantee to reach the fund after each payday (Payday Super) | 7 business days | 1 July 2026 | ATO: about Payday Super |
What is a DASP, and who can claim one?
A DASP is the payment of the super a person built up while working in Australia on a temporary visa, made to them after they have gone. The ATO’s DASP page says a person can generally claim one when all four of these apply:
- they built up super while working in Australia on a temporary resident visa issued under the Migration Act 1958, other than a subclass 405 or 410 visa;
- the visa has ceased to be in effect, because it expired or was cancelled;
- they have left Australia and hold no other active Australian visa;
- they are not an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or an Australian permanent resident.
New Zealand citizens cannot claim a DASP.
When can you claim a DASP?
A DASP is claimed only after departure and only once the visa has ceased. The online application can be started and saved while you are still in Australia, and submitted after both conditions are met. A fund that receives no claim transfers the super to the ATO once 6 months have passed since departure and the visa has ceased.
If your visa is still valid after you leave
A temporary visa that has not expired keeps the claim closed, even after you have left. The Home Affairs page Before and after you leave Australia lists three steps after departure: check your visa status, cancel your temporary visa, then apply for the DASP. On the second step it says only that “in some circumstances you may be able to request cancellation”. Check the visa’s expiry date in VEVO before you apply.
How do you claim a DASP?
There are two routes. The online route is free, and Home Affairs points to the paper route only for people who cannot use it.
The DASP online application system
The ATO’s DASP online application system costs nothing and confirms that you have left Australia and that your visa has expired, so no separate certificate is needed. Start it before you leave, keep a note of the details you enter so you can resume it, and submit it once you are outside Australia and the visa has ceased.
Paper forms
A paper claim is for people who cannot use the online system. Send the correct ATO paper form to your super fund or to the ATO (fees may apply), pre-pay $55 to Home Affairs in ImmiAccount and email Form 1194 Certification of Immigration Status; Home Affairs then emails the fund to confirm your visa details and that you have left Australia (Home Affairs, Before and after you leave Australia). A fund may require certified copies of identity documents where the balance is $5,000 or more.
How is a DASP taxed?
The fund or the ATO withholds the tax before paying, at the rate for each component of the payment:
| Payment component | DASP ordinary rate (never held a working holiday visa) | DASP working holiday maker rate |
|---|---|---|
| Tax-free component | Nil | Nil |
| Taxable component, taxed element | 35% | 65% |
| Taxable component, untaxed element | 45% | 65% |
The ordinary rates apply to someone who has never held a working holiday visa. The working holiday maker rate applies to the whole payment if any of it comes from contributions made while a working holiday visa was held.
Tax while the 482 holder is still working is a different question, covered in the 482 visa tax rate guide.
What if you do not claim?
A super fund transfers unclaimed super to the ATO as unclaimed super money once 6 months have passed since you left Australia and your visa has ceased. Super the ATO holds is still claimed as a DASP, online or on the ATO paper form.
On a 482: does your employer pay super, and is it being paid?
Yes. A 482 employer pays super guarantee for the worker as it does for any other employee, and it pays it on top of the nominated salary.
- Who is covered. Super guarantee applies to a 482 holder like any employee with work rights. The ATO page Work out if you have to pay super says an employer pays it “regardless of how much you pay your employee (up to the maximum contribution base)”.
- The rate. Super guarantee is 12%, on the ATO’s super guarantee rates page (updated 17 April 2026).
- The timing. Since 1 July 2026, under Payday Super, the contribution must reach the fund within 7 business days after each payday (ATO, About Payday Super).
- Super is not salary for the thresholds. Compulsory super guarantee contributions are not counted as “earnings” when a nomination is tested against the income thresholds, under regulation 2.57A(4) of the Migration Regulations 1994. The nominated salary has to meet the threshold without them.
- Checking and reporting. Compare member statements with payslips, or ask the fund. Unpaid super is reported to the ATO, through its Report unpaid super contributions from my employer tool or the ATO tip-off form that Home Affairs’ migrant worker protections page points to.
A 482 stays in effect after its holder leaves Australia until it expires or is cancelled, so the DASP waits for one or the other. A migration lawyer does not lodge a DASP, but a 482 holder is more likely to leave cleanly with one involved before asking Home Affairs to cancel the visa after departure, because the same visa may still be what a pending nomination, a 186 application or a family member’s visa relies on.
Super is one of the workplace rights of a 482 visa holder, alongside the nominated salary and the ban on recovering sponsorship costs. The nomination, the visa and the conditions that come with it are set out in the main 482 visa Australia guide.
Supplementary: super as part of the employer’s cost
For the employer, super guarantee is paid on top of the salary and separately from the sponsorship fee, the nomination fee and the Skilling Australians Fund levy. None of those sponsorship costs can be recovered from the worker, and super cannot be counted toward the nominated salary. The full 482 visa sponsorship cost for employer adds the fees and the levy up for nominations of up to 4 years.
Questions people ask
What is a DASP in Australia?
A departing Australia superannuation payment is the super a former temporary resident claims, less tax withheld, after leaving Australia once their visa has ceased.
How much tax do you pay on a DASP?
The fund withholds tax of 35% on the taxed element and 45% on the untaxed element of the taxable component, and nothing on the tax-free component. If any part comes from contributions made on a working holiday visa, 65% applies to the whole payment.
How long does it take to get a DASP payment?
The ATO says a DASP is generally paid within 28 days of a complete application. Missing documents make it longer.
Can I claim my super while my 482 visa is still valid?
No. The visa must have expired or been cancelled and you must have left Australia, although you can start the online application before you leave.