Skilled visa document checklist: connect every file to a claim

Identity and civil status

• Passport biodata pages and current identity documents for each applicant.
• Birth certificates or family book records showing parent details where required.
• Marriage, divorce, de facto, adoption, custody and name-change evidence as applicable.
• Passport-style photographs meeting the current instructions.
• Consent or court documents for children where another person has parental rights.

Occupation and skills assessment

• Suitable migration skills assessment outcome.
• Documents used in the assessment, retained in the same final form.
• Professional registration or licensing evidence where relevant.
• Assessment validity, review or renewal correspondence.

English and points evidence

• English test result or accepted passport evidence, with component scores and date.
• NAATI result or certification for a CCL claim.
• Partner English, occupation and skills assessment evidence for partner points.
• Professional-year completion evidence where claimed.

Employment

• Detailed employer references with dates, hours, position and duties.
• Contracts, payslips, tax, pension, insurance, bank or social-security records.
• For self-employment: registration, tax, invoices, contracts, accounts and client evidence.
• Explanations and alternative evidence where an employer no longer exists.

Qualifications and study

• Award certificate, completion letter and complete transcript.
• Course registration, duration, campus and teaching-mode evidence for Australian study claims.
• Residential evidence for regional study.
• Course-credit, transfer and recognition-of-prior-learning records.

Nomination or sponsorship

• Jurisdiction registration, nomination application and approval records.
• Evidence for state residence, work, job offer or graduate criteria used.
• For family-sponsored 491: relationship, sponsor age, status and regional residence evidence.

Health and character

• HAP ID and appointment records when examinations are requested or validly arranged upfront.
• Police certificates for required countries and the correct AFP certificate when applicable.
• Military records, Form 80 or other character forms when requested.
• Full disclosure and court records for charges or convictions.

Final quality control

1. Compare names, dates and addresses across every document and form.
2. Check scan readability, full pages, colour and file-size instructions.
3. Attach translations with the source document and required translator details.
4. Save the final submitted form and a manifest of every upload.
5. Reconcile the package with the EOI claims.