Visa Application Materials Checklist
Examples of documents often considered for Australian and Sarawak visas. They are not a universal checklist: use the current official requirements for your passport, stream and circumstances.
Tourist Visa (600)
- Valid passport
- Recent photograph, if requested
- Evidence of funds and circumstances, where relevant
- Travel plans and reasons to return home, where relevant
- Documents specified by the current official checklist
- Health insurance, where relevant
Student Visa (500)
- CoE (Confirmation of Enrolment)
- Valid Passport
- Genuine Student (GS) responses in English
- OSHC Health Insurance
- English evidence, where required
- Financial-capacity evidence required by the current checklist
Skills in Demand Visa (482)
- Sponsor and nomination information
- Skills Assessment (if required)
- Valid passport, résumé and relevant work-experience evidence
- English evidence unless exempt
- Health and character evidence, if requested
- Current stream, occupation and salary evidence
Sarawak Visa (Malaysia)
- Valid Passport
- Return Flight Ticket
- Accommodation Proof
- Sufficient Funds
- MDAC (Digital Arrival Card)
How to use this checklist
Use the current official checklist
Requirements can differ by passport, education provider, visa stream and individual circumstances.
Keep evidence consistent
Use original records and translations where requested, and make sure dates and facts align across the application.
Before you lodge
Check your source
Official guidance
"Open the current Home Affairs page and the document checklist that applies to you before you treat any list as complete."
Avoid assumptions
Practical reminder
"A document that helped another applicant may not meet your own stream or circumstances."
