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Form 1446: Withdrawal of a visa application
Form 1446 lets you give written notice to the Department of Home Affairs that you are withdrawing a visa application. Use it when you no longer want the visa processed.
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Form Overview
Home Affairs Form 1446 - Withdrawal of a visa application
Form 1446 lets you give written notice to the Department of Home Affairs that you are withdrawing a visa application. Use it when you no longer want the visa processed.
Risk Radar
Scan points- 1Missing a required signature is the most common mistake.
- 2Failing to sign for every applicant over 18
- 3Not having a parent/guardian sign for a minor
- 4Sending the form to the wrong processing centre
- 5Uploading an incomplete or unsigned form to ImmiAccount
Plain English
If you change your mind about a visa, you fill out this short form and send it to the Department. It works for a single applicant or a group that applied together.
Submission Date
- Filing date: Submit the form as soon as you decide to withdraw, before the Department makes a decision on the application.
- Preparation window: collect IDs, supporting records, and signatures in advance.
- Final review: verify names, dates, and required fields before submission.
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What this form is for
- You no longer want the Department to process your visa application.
- You are withdrawing a combined application that includes multiple applicants.
- A migration agent or other authorised person is acting on your behalf.
- You need written notice that meets the legal requirement of section 49.
Form selector
Use this form or another form?
Changing visa conditions
Different legal purpose
✓ Verify you need a variation form
Cancelling a lodged application before assessment
May require a separate cancellation form
✓ Check the Department’s website
Requesting a refund of the visa fee
Refund is not automatic on withdrawal
✓ Confirm refund policy separately
Deadline or filing window
There is no fixed deadline, but the form must be lodged before the Department reaches a decision; otherwise the application will continue to be processed.
Before you submit
- 1Fill Part A with the correct withdrawing party (applicant, registered agent, etc.).
- 2Enter full details for each applicant in Part C (up to six).
- 3Add optional reasons in Part D if you wish to provide them.
- 4Sign and date the declaration for every adult applicant.
- 5Have a parent or guardian sign for any applicant under 18 years.
- 6If an authority is completing the form, have them sign and date.
- 7Attach the completed form to your ImmiAccount or mail it to the processing centre listed in your acknowledgement.
- 8Keep a signed copy for your records.
- 9Check that the envelope (if mailed) includes the correct processing centre address.
How to file this form
- 1Download Form 1446 from the Department of Home Affairs website.
- 2Complete Part A – who is withdrawing (applicant or authorised person).
- 3Complete Part C – details of each visa applicant included in the withdrawal.
- 4Optionally fill Part D with reasons for withdrawal.
- 5Sign and date the form as required for all adults and guardians of minors.
- 6Upload the form in ImmiAccount or post it to the relevant processing centre.
- 7Save a copy of the signed form and any correspondence.
Known limitations
- 1Written notice must be signed by each applicant or their authorised representative.
- 2Withdrawing one applicant does not withdraw other applicants in the same application.
- 3The form does not automatically trigger a refund of the visa fee.
- 4If you are in Australia without another visa, withdrawal may make you an unlawful non‑citizen.
- 5The form cannot be used to amend or vary an existing visa; a separate variation form is required.
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Compact field-by-field guide
Applicant
3 items
Your name exactly as shown in your passport.
Your date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY).
Passport number, country of issue, and expiry date.
Contact
1 items
Current residential address, postal address, email, and phone number.
Request
1 items
The visa, citizenship, or sponsorship request this form relates to.
Evidence
1 items
Certified copies of identity and other documents required for the request.
Declaration
1 items
Declare that the information is true and correct, then sign and date.
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Fillable formOpen in Editor->Form 1446 (design date July 2017) is the current form for withdrawing a visa application under section 49 of the Migration Act 1958.
What changed or needs a fresh check
- Confirm the form version is the July 2017 design (Form 1446).
- Check that the processing centre address matches the one in your acknowledgement letter.
- Verify you have completed all required sections (A‑D).
- Ensure any authority filling the form provides their MARN or offshore ID if applicable.
- Confirm signatures and dates for every applicant 18 years or older and for parents/guardians of minors.
Quick Facts
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Sources
- SRCForm number 1446, titled “Withdrawal of a visa application”, design date 07/17 (source p.1).
- SRCLegal basis: section 49 of the Migration Act 1958 allows written withdrawal (source p.1).
- SRCForm can be used by multiple applicants in a combined visa application (source p.1).
- SRCSubmission options: attach in ImmiAccount or send to the relevant processing centre (source p.1).
- SRCWho can withdraw: any applicant or authorised person; under‑18 requires parent/guardian signature (source p.1).
- SRCWithdrawal does not automatically entitle a refund of the visa fee (source p.6).
- SRCIf in Australia without another visa, withdrawal may make you an unlawful non‑citizen (source p.6).
- SRCSignature requirements for all adult applicants and guardians of minors (source p.6).
Common confusion points
Assuming a single signature withdraws all applicants in a combined application.
Forgetting a parent/guardian signature for a minor applicant.
Sending the form to the wrong processing centre address.
Believing the withdrawal will automatically refund the visa fee.
Omitting the authority’s MARN or offshore agent ID when an agent completes the form.
Not attaching the form to ImmiAccount when an electronic submission is required.
Leaving the optional reason field blank and thinking it is mandatory.
Failing to keep a copy of the signed form for personal records.
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