Completing a Statutory Declaration for a Family Violence Claim

What it is for

This is an information sheet explaining how to complete a statutory declaration in support of a family violence claim under the family violence provisions of the Migration Regulations 1994. It guides the reader rather than collecting data itself.

Who completes it

It is guidance for a visa applicant (or a member of their family unit) making a family violence claim, and it explains that the statutory declaration itself must be made by the partner of the person alleged to have committed the family violence.

Information it collects (in general terms)

As an instruction sheet it does not collect applicant data; it explains the regulatory definition of relevant family violence, the kinds of judicial and non-judicial evidence that may be provided, and the general content a statutory declaration should set out depending on who the alleged victim is.

When it is used

It is used by partner-visa applicants seeking to continue an application for permanent residence after a relationship has ended, where they or a member of their family unit have experienced relevant family violence committed by their partner.

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