Form 1229 (Consent to Minors Travelling) is required when a child under 18 will travel to or from Australia without both parents or legal guardians present. It shows up most often as part of a subsequent entrant application for a dependent child joining a parent whose visa has already been granted.
When it's required
If the applicant is a child under 18 who will be travelling without both parents or legal guardians, Form 1229 is required alongside a certified copy of photo ID for each parent or guardian who isn't travelling with the child.
What goes with it
- A completed Form 1229
- Certified photo ID for each parent or legal guardian not travelling with the child
[VERIFY: confirm current certification requirements for the accompanying photo ID (e.g. which certifying authorities are accepted) against official Department of Home Affairs guidance, since certification rules can differ by document type and country.
Where it comes up
This form appears in VisaPacks' subsequent entrant checklists wherever a dependent child is the applicant, since that's the situation it's designed for — a child joining a parent in Australia after that parent's own visa has already been granted.