Departmental form 1412
Deed of Acknowledgement, Undertaking and Release
Visa support · PDF form · updated 25/05/2022
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- What it is for
- This is a deed poll in which visa applicants acknowledge the financial and legal risks of a complying investment and release the Commonwealth from liability for any loss connected with that investment.
- Who completes it
- It is executed by the primary visa applicant and signed by each secondary applicant aged 18 or over, with an independent witness who cannot be one of the applicants.
- Information it collects (in general terms)
- It records general categories of information limited to the applicants' printed names, signatures and dates, together with witness details, alongside the acknowledgement, undertaking and release statements that form the substance of the deed.
- When it is used
- It is used in connection with business and investment visa applications that rely on a complying investment or complying significant investment under the Migration Regulations 1994, where applicants must formally acknowledge the associated risks and release the Commonwealth.
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