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Professionals and Other Skilled Migrants

GSM – Adding and Withdrawing Family Members

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This page provides information on adding family members to, or withdrawing family members from, General Skilled Migration (GSM) visa applications. You can include the following secondary applicants in your visa application:

Adding family members to your temporary or provisional visa

Your partner, dependent children and other dependent relatives can still apply to accompany you in Australia if they were not included in your original application, if you currently hold one of the following temporary or provisional visas:

Adding family members to your permanent visa

If you are applying for a permanent GSM visa outside Australia then you may add your partner and dependent children up until your application is finalised.

Information about what information to include when adding dependent family members on your application is available.
See: Evidence to Provide when Adding Family Members

If you marry, become pregnant or have a child after lodging your application, then you need to notify the department of your change in circumstances by submitting Form 1022.
See: Form 1022 Notification in Changes of Circumstances (238KB PDF file)

Withdrawing family members from your application

If you would like to withdraw a dependent family member from your application, you must send a request letter signed by you to the office processing your application. The letter must also be signed by the applicant being removed if that person is 18 years of age or over. The letter can be scanned and emailed to the GSM Processing Centre.
Email: gsm.documents@immi.gov.au

Note: Any dependent family member removed from an application will still need to satisfy any applicable health and character requirements.