Good news! Subclass 485 graduate visa applicants no longer need a Chinese police check

The original notice states: unless the Department of Immigration specifically requests a police-check certificate, applicants are no longer required to provide one.

That said, Newstarsec reminds students who have travelled in and out of the country multiple times, and who plan to apply for PR in the future, that obtaining a police check is still well worth doing in these situations.

What is the Subclass 485?

Document checklist for the Subclass 485 (TR) application

1. Passport, grant letter or visa label page

2. Notarised birth certificate

3. Digital passport-sized photo (45mm x 35mm)

4. Change-of-name evidence, if you have ever changed your name

5. Medical examination (if a student health check has been completed within the past year, only the existing examination details are required)

6. Health insurance evidence (a health insurance letter issued by Bupa, Medibank or similar)

7. Australian police-check certificate (if, over the past ten years, you have lived in any single location for a year or more, you must provide the relevant address along with the specific years and months — for example, 2003.1.1-2008.6.30, address and postcode)

8. Basic details of parents and immediate family members (siblings) — full name and date of birth

9. Chinese police-check certificate (no longer required)

10. Completion letter or degree certificate from your Australian university

11. COE or university Offer

12. Academic transcript from your Australian university

13. IELTS results (Academic or General, with at least 6 in each band, valid within two years)

14. Addresses and contact details in both China and Australia

Documents required from a secondary applicant (if any):

1. Passport, grant letter or visa label page

2. Notarised birth certificate

3. Digital passport-sized photo (45mm x 35mm)

4. Change-of-name evidence, if you have ever changed your name

5. Medical examination (if a student health check has been completed within the past year, only the existing examination details are required).

6. Health insurance evidence (a health insurance letter issued by Bupa, Medibank or similar)

7. Australian police-check certificate (if, over the past ten years, you have lived in any single location for a year or more, you must provide the relevant address along with the specific years and months — for example, 2003.1.1-2008.6.30, address and postcode)

8. Basic details of parents and immediate family members (siblings) — full name and date of birth