How to Add a Family Member to Your ImmiAccount Application

How to add a family member to a visa application in ImmiAccount, before and after lodgement. Covers Form 1436, the health and character checks each added person needs, Form 1022 for a newborn, and the document upload rules. Figures as at September 2026.

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  1. 0:00 Already submitted?
  2. 0:13 Before lodgement: inside the form.
  3. 0:25 The real Form 1436 steps
  4. 0:39 What each family member
  5. 0:51 Under 18: consent required.
  6. 1:08 16+? Police clearance for every
  7. 1:22 A newborn uses
  8. 1:38 Document limits: 5MB per file,
  9. 1:50 Check first: not every visa
  10. 2:02 Where to read more

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Already submitted your application? You can't just edit it to add a family member anymore — the portal switches to a different process the moment you lodge.

Before you submit, adding a family member just means filling in another section of the same form. After you submit, that section is locked — you need Form 1436 instead.

Form 1436 has its own steps: check the visa allows it before a decision, pay the Additional Applicant Charge in ImmiAccount under My Payments, then lodge within 30 days and attach the receipt with your evidence.

Every family member needs their full legal name, date of birth and sex exactly as shown in their passport, their relationship to the primary applicant, and where they've lived for more than 3 months in the last 5 years.

For a child under 18, Home Affairs needs consent from anyone else with a legal right to decide where the child lives — Form 1229 or a statutory declaration, unless a court order covers it. At 18 or over, the child generally has to meet the definition of a dependent child.

Every added family member needs their own health exam — valid for 12 months from completion. Anyone 16 or over needs police clearance from every country they lived in for 12 months or more in the last 10 years.

Have a baby while your application is pending? The child is automatically included under regulation 2.08 — no Form 1436 needed. You still notify Home Affairs with Form 1022, attaching evidence of the birth.

Uploads for family members follow the same rules as your own: 5 megabytes per file, and Home Affairs says the maximum number of files ranges from 30 to 60 per application, depending on the type.

Not every visa subclass allows a family member to be added after lodgement — Home Affairs directs applicants to check the visa's own rules before assuming Form 1436 applies.

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