Form 1442i Explained: Home Affairs' Privacy Notice (and its new AI disclosure)
Form 1442i is attached to almost every Home Affairs form, and it asks you for nothing. What the Privacy Notice actually discloses, who your information can be shared with, and the new section it added in 2026 about the Department's use of AI. Figures as at September 2026.
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- 0:00 Form 1442i asks you for nothing
- 0:11 One standard privacy notice,
- 0:26 Where your information can come from
- 0:40 You can nominate who receives it
- 0:51 Some disclosures land on public registers
- 1:04 Overseas disclosure
- 1:15 New in 2026: an AI disclosure
- 1:28 The stated safeguard
- 1:42 No signature. Nothing to submit.
- 2:03 Worth reading closely if data-sharing
- 2:16 Where to read more
Transcript
Attached to almost every Home Affairs form is a document that asks you for nothing at all: Form 1442i.
It's a Privacy Notice. The Privacy Act 1988 requires the Department to tell you how it handles your personal information, so instead of writing that into every form, it uses one standard notice wherever information is collected.
It discloses where your information can come from beyond the form itself: you or someone you authorise, automated systems like SmartGate at the airport, and — specifically for the Temporary Skilled Visa Program — payroll data from the ATO.
It also explains who you can nominate to receive your information on your behalf — a family member, a migration agent, a customs broker, a sponsor, or a solicitor.
Some of what's disclosed lands on registers anyone can search — including the Register of Migration Agents, the Register of Approved Sponsors, the Prohibited Employer Register, and the Labour Agreements Register.
Information can also go overseas — most often to officials in your own country, and to named partner countries: the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Canada and the United States.
The 2026 version added something new: the Department now discloses it uses AI, including generative AI, to summarise information, prepare reports, and draft correspondence.
That processing can feed into a decision on your case. The stated safeguard: staff review AI output for accuracy, currency and relevance before it's used or disclosed, including in decisions.
You don't sign it, fill it in, or submit it. It's a notice, not a request — there's nothing here for you to complete.
It's published in translation too — including Indonesian, Sinhala, Tamil, Kurdish and Tongan versions, among others, hosted on the same Home Affairs page as the English original.
For most people it's background reading. It's worth reading closely, or asking a MARA-registered agent to walk through it, if you're a protection or humanitarian applicant and where your information goes is a real concern.
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