What is Form 80?
Form 80 is the Department of Home Affairs personal particulars form used for assessment, including character assessment. Home Affairs Form 80, dated 03/21, says applicants aged 16 or over complete it as requested by the processing office, in English. It is not a form to send unasked with every application.
The Home Affairs character requirements page, updated 25 September 2026, says Form 80 may be requested after you apply, along with Form 1563 or a military certificate. Follow the documents named in your request rather than assuming another applicant’s document list applies to you.
What does Form 80 ask?
Home Affairs Form 80 asks about identity, address and international travel history, employment, education, visa history, character, military service and earlier refusals. The table keeps these at subject-area level; use the form itself for the individual questions.
The “Records to gather” and “Common gap” columns are practical checking prompts, not additional document requirements.
| Part | What it asks | Records to gather | Common gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identity | Who you are and your identity details, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Current and earlier passports; national identity card | A passport used for travel in the period but not listed |
| Address history | Every address for the last 10 years; 30 years for humanitarian applicants, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Leases, utility or bank statements | Months missing between two addresses |
| International travel | Travel for the last 10 years, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Old and current passports; booking records | Short trips left out |
| Employment | Your employment history, under Home Affairs Form 80. | CV, contracts, payslips | Dates that differ from the CV you gave elsewhere |
| Education | Your education, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Certificates, transcripts | Course dates that do not match the certificates |
| Visa history | Your visa history, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Earlier visa grant and refusal letters | Visas for other countries left out |
| Character | Character questions, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Court documents, police certificates | An old matter answered from memory |
| Military service | Any military service, under Home Affairs Form 80; the Home Affairs character requirements page says a military certificate and Form 1399 may be requested for 12 months or more of service. | Service record, discharge papers | Compulsory service treated as “none” |
| Refusals | Earlier visa refusals, under Home Affairs Form 80. | Refusal letters | A refusal by another country left out |
Form 80’s character questions sit beside the police certificates Home Affairs asks for on its character requirements page. Police certificates are separate from Form 80, and the guide to the AFP police check for a visa covers who needs one.
10-year history checklist
Form 80 asks for your address history and international travel for the last 10 years (Home Affairs Form 80, dated 03/21).
Use this blank planning grid for that period. Write the calendar year in each row, then add your addresses, travel dates and passport details. If an address continues across years, carry it into the relevant rows so you can check the sequence.
| Year | Addresses held that year (from–to) | Countries visited (from–to) | Passport used |
|---|---|---|---|
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ |
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| ______ | ______ | ______ | ______ |
Compare the completed grid with your records before transferring answers to the form. Check short trips, address transitions and travel using an earlier passport.
How to complete Form 80
Firstly, check that the request names Form 80. Home Affairs Form 80 says it is completed “as requested” by the processing office. Read the actual request before preparing your response.
Complete it in English. This is an instruction in Home Affairs Form 80. Gather the records you need to check names and dates rather than relying only on memory.
Build your address and travel history before you start. Home Affairs Form 80 asks for the last 10 years of address history and international travel. Use the checklist above to organise those records.
Answer every part. Home Affairs Form 80 includes military service and earlier refusals as well as identity, employment, education and visa history. Check the completed answers against documents already supplied.
Attach the form against the request in ImmiAccount. The Home Affairs “After you apply” page, updated 21 September 2026, directs applicants to Actions required → View details → Attach documents. Select Other Documents if the document type is not listed.
Finally, notify Home Affairs if a change makes an answer incorrect. Under section 104(1) of the Migration Act 1958, tell an officer in writing as soon as practicable, giving the new circumstances and correct answer.
The correction duty does not always end at grant. Under section 104(2)–(4) of the Migration Act 1958, it covers changes before grant if you are in Australia when granted; if you are outside Australia when granted, it extends until immigration clearance on arrival.
Form 80 download and PDF
The official download is the Home Affairs Form 80 PDF, with design date 03/21. Download it from Home Affairs and read its instructions alongside the processing office’s request.
Use the preparation table to organise your records, but answer the questions in the official PDF itself.
When Home Affairs asks an 858 applicant for Form 80
The Home Affairs page for the National Innovation visa (subclass 858), updated 4 September 2026, lists Form 80 and Form 1221 as forms that may be required. The Department asks for them after lodgement; the listing does not mean every applicant must submit both unasked.
The same Home Affairs page asks for police certificates for each country where you have spent 12 months or more in the last 10 years since turning 16, including an AFP complete-disclosure National Police Certificate where the Australian residence threshold is met.
Family members who are not migrating must still meet the character tests under clause 858.223(6) of the Migration Regulations 1994. That rule does not establish whether they will be asked to complete Form 80.
If you appoint an authorised recipient, the request goes to them, according to the Home Affairs authorised recipients page, updated 23 September 2024. Include their communications when checking what Home Affairs has requested.
Form 80 or Form 1221: what is the difference?
Form 80 is the broader personal particulars form for assessment, including character assessment. Home Affairs Form 1221 is a supplementary personal particulars form. Both supplied forms have design date 03/21.
| Form | Official title | Who completes it | Covers | When asked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form 80 | Personal particulars for assessment including character assessment | Applicants aged 16 or over, as requested by the processing office | Identity; 10-year address and travel history; employment; education; visa history; character; military service; refusals | As requested by the processing office |
| Form 1221 | Additional personal particulars information | Applicants aged 16 or over; supplementary form | Travel, employment history and military service | Follow the request naming the supplementary form |
These titles, age groups and subject areas come from Home Affairs Form 80 and Form 1221, dated 03/21.
The Form 1221 guide explains how Form 1221 differs from Form 80 and when the supplementary form is asked for. Do not substitute one for the other: check which form the request names.
Frequently asked questions
What is Form 80 for?
Home Affairs Form 80 collects personal particulars for assessment, including character assessment, from applicants aged 16 or over when the processing office asks.
What happens after you submit Form 80?
Home Affairs takes the answers into account as application information: section 99 of the Migration Act 1958 treats information given about the application as answers in it. If a later change makes an answer incorrect, section 104(1) requires written notification as soon as practicable.
How does Form 80 affect your visa application?
It supplies information for the character assessment identified in Home Affairs Form 80. Where Public Interest Criterion 4020 of the Migration Regulations 1994 applies, false or misleading information given for the application can lead to refusal.
Do you send Form 80 with every application?
No. Home Affairs Form 80 says it is completed “as requested” by the processing office. The Home Affairs character requirements page says it may be requested after you apply.
Does a Form 80 answer still matter after the visa is granted?
Yes. Under section 107 of the Migration Act 1958, the Minister may give an immigration-cleared visa holder notice of possible non-compliance over an incorrect answer. A permanent visa holder has 14 days to respond. Cancellation may follow under section 109, and section 111 applies whether the error was deliberate or inadvertent.
Form 80 and the 858 application in ImmiAccount
The application is Form 47NI (Internet), lodged through ImmiAccount under the arrangements amended by LIN 24/078. Attach a requested Form 80 to that application against the request, following the Home Affairs “After you apply” page; the guide to the 858 visa application covers what else goes in with it.
Under section 99 of the Migration Act 1958, information given about the application—including the EOI and Form 1000 attachments—is treated as an answer in it. Form 80 therefore needs to agree with the record the 858 visa is granted on; Public Interest Criterion 4020 of the Migration Regulations 1994 covers false or misleading information given for the application.
Ask an Australian migration lawyer to check Form 80 addresses, travel and work history against the rest of the application, identify inconsistencies and help notify Home Affairs of any changed answer before decision. Section 104 of the Migration Act 1958 requires written correction as soon as practicable and, for applicants granted offshore, can extend beyond grant.