Departmental form 1528
Client Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Collection Statement
Character or identity · PDF form · updated 3/04/2024
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- What it is for
- This form is a formal statement in which a DNA testing laboratory attests to its accreditation, capabilities, and compliance with the requirements for collecting and testing samples used in parentage matters connected to departmental processes.
- Who completes it
- It is completed and signed by a representative of the DNA testing laboratory (the person making the statement), not by the visa applicant.
- Information it collects (in general terms)
- It gathers the identity and occupation of the person making the statement, the name and location of the laboratory, and declarations about the laboratory's accreditation, testing capacity, sample-shipping and quarantine arrangements, and adherence to identity-fraud safeguards.
- When it is used
- It is used to establish that an overseas or nominated laboratory meets the standards required before its DNA testing can support a parentage claim in a departmental matter.
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