40ch Form

When the department is aware of any convictions or charges of this nature through either the Australian National Police Check or other police certificate s provided or the answers you provide to Question 33 on this form 40CH or liaison with relevant Commonwealth state and territory agencies it may inform the migration applicant and any non-migrating person who can lawfully determine where the applicant s charges. Partner means your spouse or de facto partner including same-sex partners. Form 40CH If the child is under 18 years of age should complete this form and lodge it together with the completed visa application form form 47CH plus all relevant documentation on the behalf of the child at the nearest office of the department in Australia. form and arrange for it to be lodged together with the Applications for children outside Australia must be lodged at an office of the department outside Australia. However for Adoption subclass 102 visa applications the applications must be lodged outside Australia at the department s office responsible for visa applications from the country where the child was or is in the process of being adopted. You or the child s current guardian should complete form 47CH on the child s behalf. If you are sponsoring a child who is onshore and has had a visa refused or cancelled and does not hold a substantive visa then this completed and signed form must be provided at the same time as form 47CH. The child should complete form 47CH and lodge it together with this sponsorship form at the nearest office of the department if applying in Australia or if applying outside Australia at the nearest office of the department outside Australia. The Australian Government considers that the safety of children is paramount and this is reflected in policies about government wants to ensure that children seeking to enter Australia under partner and child visas are protected from being sponsored by people with convictions for child sex offences or other serious offences indicating that they may pose a significant risk to a child in their care. A sponsorship limitation in the Migration Regulations 1994 prevents a sponsorship from being approved if one of the proposed applicants is under 18 years of age and the Minister is satisfied that the sponsor or the sponsor s spouse or de facto partner has a conviction or outstanding charge for a registrable offence. Where the child is aged under 18 years sponsors and if applicable their partners of child visa COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 2013 40CH Design date 04/13 - Page 1 applications lodged on or after 27 March 2010 are required to provide an Australian National Police Check and/or foreign police certificate s as part of the process of assessing the application. The results of the police certificate s are used whether or not the visa application satisfies public interest criteria relating to the best interests of the applicant. Sponsorship for a child to migrate to Australia Important Please read this information carefully before you complete this application* Once you have completed this application we strongly advise that you keep a copy for your records.