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Hi bizuc, I understand all your worries as I had been thru all these dilemmas 2 years ago when I apllied for a 190 visa. Simply put it this way, all application forms would contribute to an ultimate purpose (of the forms themselves), i.e. to give a case officer the best idea of an applicant situation. Therefore, I would input information in a way which best describes my situation. And it has to be true, ofcourse so I can have the peace of mind. Therefore, my suggestions are: 1. Your current location being your parents' address in your home country. Understood that this would make you an offshore applicant. But to my oppinion, in your case, an offshore applicant with a 485 valid visa has more 'weight' than any other offshore applicants without any visas; 2. Usual country of resident: address in Australia (you can also submit your rental receipts, utility bill receipts etc. to prove this); 3. Address history - current address being your home country address (with the 'reason' being 'home visit'). In this way, the case officer can clearly understand your current situation: being stuck at your home country during the pandemic. As you would have to put in all other previous addresses (either when you went on a business or a vacation for only a few days), this current address in your home town would have the same meaning. After all, please note that all communications go thru email. Therefore the 'addresses' only support the claim of your physical locations/situations. To further support your application, you can also enclose an attachment being a letter to explain your current situation in the 'attachment' section at the end after you fill all the forms (if i recall correctly where it is). From another section of your application, the case officer can also see that you are holding a valid 485 visa. He will also look into what contributions you have made to the Australian community so far, as well as your potential input in the future. In that way, this would be more important than merely those addresses themselves above. You can also consult an agent if they don't charge you too much (just my opinion). Best of luck bizuc.