Form 47SK Final draft, a few questions left please. Sender: welshtony

What, accusing DIMIA of Duplication ? the form 80 has extra crucial information on it like where your parents were born, your mother's maiden name and all addresses you have lived at in each country in stead of just the last address in that country.

The form 80 is a bit pointless in the vast majority of cases. It's real function is to provide the required details for DIMIA to obtain police clearances direct from Countries that do not have any procedure for applicant's to obtain their own clearances e.g. Sri Lanka and Brunei. So if you have spent 12 months or more in either if these countries, the Form 80 is a crucial document for DIMIA to forward to the relevant authorities to obtain any criminal history on the applicant. Some Countries ask you to use the Form 80 to apply to them for a police clearance e.g. Peru and Brazil. So where it is needed specifically for the police clearance process, the form should be filled in carefully and accurately.

But DIMIA insist on it to be completed by all applicants so just repeat the info from the 47SK and give them what they want.

Cheers

Tony

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