Form 1436 Explained: Adding a Person After You've Lodged (Australia)
What Form 1436 does, when adding a new person to an already-lodged visa application is free versus charged, how it differs from Form 1022, and the documents and steps involved. Figures as at September 2026.
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Chapters
- 0:00 Had a baby mid-application?
- 0:14 Form 1436:
- 0:26 Born after lodgement: usually free.
- 0:40 Form 1436 adds a person.
- 0:54 What you'll need to attach
- 1:10 How Form 1436 gets lodged
- 1:27 The mistakes that trip people up
- 1:41 When it's worth asking
- 1:56 Where to read more
Transcript
Had a baby, or realised someone should have been on your visa application? Form 1436 is how you add them — but only if your visa subclass allows it.
Form 1436 adds a new person to a visa application that's already lodged but not yet decided — provided the specific visa subclass permits additional applicants after lodgement.
A child born after lodgement, before a decision, is generally added for free. Someone who already existed before lodgement but wasn't included — a stepchild, say — usually attracts the Additional Applicant Charge instead.
Form 1022 tells the Department about a changed circumstance — it doesn't add a new applicant. Form 1436 actually adds a person to the application, with its own fee and eligibility rules.
For a newborn: a birth certificate, evidence of identity, and evidence connecting the child to the applicant. For someone who existed before lodgement, expect similar identity and relationship evidence, plus whatever that visa subclass's checklist requires.
Notify the Department as soon as practicable — don't wait. Form 1436 is free to download. Where the case is in ImmiAccount, the form and evidence are uploaded as attached documents, and any Additional Applicant Charge is paid there too.
The most common mistake is delay — waiting weeks after a birth to notify. Others: assuming every visa subclass allows it, missing that the charge applies to someone added late, or sending incomplete relationship evidence.
Adding a newborn with straightforward documents is something most people manage alone. It's the unclear cases — whether your subclass allows it, what the charge will be, or a decision coming up soon — where a MARA-registered agent is worth asking.
The full guide, with the official sources, is on migratio.com.au. The link is in the description. And if you'd like to talk it through, you can compare registered migration agents there, and see their fees before you book anything.
Short versions
- Adding a baby to your visa is free — adding anyone else might not be (0:29)
- Form 1436 isn't Form 1022 — here's the difference (0:35)
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