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We’ll need a copy of the visa applicant’s assuree letter from the Department of Home Affairs. The letter will say the visa applicant must have an Assurance of Support.
Important tax documents to prove your income
You can apply as an individual or on behalf of an organisation.
As an individual assurer, you must either have a notice of assessment or be able to provide evidence that you had less income due to a temporary change in your situation. The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issues a notice of assessment when they assess your income after you lodge a tax return.
For organisations, we require the company tax return. Your organisation may be able to obtain the company tax returns from your accountant.
Individuals applying
If you’ll be the only assurer, or you’re giving a joint assurance, you can apply online using your Centrelink online account through myGov.
Documents individuals need
If you’re applying as an individual, you’ll need to give us the following:
- proof of your identity
- your Customer Reference Number (CRN), if you have one
- proof of your Australian residence status
- your notice of assessment for the previous financial year from the ATO
- proof of why your income was temporarily reduced
- proof you have a job or ongoing income.
To prove your Australian residence status you can give us a copy of either your permanent residence or Australian citizenship.
If you don’t have the previous financial year’s notice of assessment, we can accept your notice of assessment for the year before that. But, you’ll also need to give us proof of your income for the current financial year.
For individuals, we can’t accept a tax return as proof of income.
If you’re self-employed, you must give us a profit and loss statement for the current financial year. If you can’t, you can give us a letter from your accountant with details of your current gross income. You must also give us a notice of assessment for the previous financial year from the ATO. Read about your notice of assessment on the ATO website.
To prove you have a job or ongoing income you can give us either:
- 2 recent consecutive payslips for the current financial year, or
- a letter from your employer with details of your current gross income.
Organisations applying
If you’re an organisation you can apply online through Business Hub.
Documents organisations need
If you’re an incorporated organisation you need to give us, one of the following:
- proof the organisation is on the Australian Business Register website
- proof showing the organisation has made a profit over the past 2 financial years, before the current financial year that is at least equal to the annual maximum basic Jobseeker Payment rate for each for adult that the Assurance of Support will cover
- proof showing the organisation has at least $5,000 in readily available funds for each adult that the Assurance of Support will cover at the time you submit your application.
If you’re an unincorporated organisation you need to give us both:
- proof detailing the names of all members of the organisation. We’ll also need a copy of the rules of the association, if it has one
- proof showing the organisation has at least $5,000 in readily available funds for each adult that the Assurance of Support will cover at the time you submit your application.
You also need to give us all of the following:
- proof of identity documents for the person applying on behalf of the organisation
- proof the authorised person can sign on behalf of the organisation
- proof your organisation has an address in Australia, this can be an active Australian Business Number
- proof of 2 years recent trading history for your organisation, a tax return or a letter from a registered accountant.
For proof of trading for the past 2 financial years we can accept organisations’ tax returns.