Hi Lorraine
I only looked into this yesterday. Your family sponsor needs to complete a Skilled Regional (class SP) 489 (provisional) visa Sponsor declaration which you can email to them as a PDF copy (see immi website) and I copied this off the website and emailed it to my sister in law:
Documents needed if you are sponsored by an eligible relatives
□ Documents to prove your sponsor is an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen.
• For Australian citizens—a certified copy of their citizenship certificate or, if born in Australia, their full birth certificate.
• For Australian permanent residents—a certified copy of their visa or the biographical page in their passport or their visa grant letter.
• For an eligible New Zealand citizen—a certified copy of their certificate issued under the Social Security Act 1991. Eligible New Zealand citizens may also need to meet health and character requirements. The department will advise.
□ Documents to prove your relationship to you sponsor. Acceptable documents include certified copies of:
• birth certificates
• marriage certificates
• family registers
• school records.
□ Certified copies of any name change (for example by deed poll or marriage), if applicable, for your sponsor.
□ Documents to prove your sponsor lives in a designated area. Acceptable documents include certified copies of:
• property titles
• leases
• invoices for items such as telephone, gas, electricity that show a date and your sponsor’s name and address.
Hope this helps.
We're just starting the whole process so any tips would be appreciated. We've just booked our IELTS test for January and aren't sure at the moment what to expect. I've read you need to approach it like a foreigner (assume this to mean someone with English not being their first language) but I'm not sure what people mean by this.
Cheers
Louise
