Departmental form 80
Personal Particulars for Assessment Including Character Assessment
Character or identity · PDF form · updated 11/07/2024
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- What it is for
- This is a departmental information-gathering form used to assess an applicant's background and character as part of visa or citizenship processing. It provides a detailed personal history to support integrity and character checks.
- Who completes it
- The applicant, who must be 16 years of age or over, completes the form in English when requested by the office processing their application.
- Information it collects (in general terms)
- General categories include personal and identity details and other names used, passport and travel-document history, national identity documents, address and contact history, and further background information used for character and identity assessment; it is completed in English.
- When it is used
- Used when the office processing a visa or citizenship application asks an applicant aged 16 or over to provide a comprehensive personal history to support assessment, including character assessment.
Visas that commonly use this form
- Subclass 100
- Subclass 103
- Subclass 143
- Subclass 186
- Subclass 189
- Subclass 190
- Subclass 200
- Subclass 300
- Subclass 309
- Subclass 400
- Subclass 407
- Subclass 417
- Subclass 445
- Subclass 461
- Subclass 462
- Subclass 482
- Subclass 485
- Subclass 491
- Subclass 494
- Subclass 790
- Subclass 801
- Subclass 820
- Subclass 858
- Subclass 866
- Subclass 870
- Subclass 888
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