Understand the request
The official information sheet says DNA testing is voluntary, rather than required by law. If you decline, the application is decided on the available evidence. Consider advice before deciding; the request still needs a response.
If you choose testing
- Keep the request and read information sheet 1259i.
- Follow Home Affairs' instructions for an acceptable laboratory, identity checks, sample collection and handling. A privately obtained consumer test may not be accepted.
- Confirm the participants, collection locations, payment and how results will reach the Department before booking.
- Allow for the testing cost: citizenship applicants pay the full testing cost. Keep receipts and the response record.
Keep the result in context
A DNA result addresses a biological relationship. It does not replace the rest of the surrogacy evidence or itself establish citizenship or passport approval.
Forms & resources
Use the current official version. PDF previews are blank government forms. Open a copy in your PDF reader to complete it; answers are not saved to this task.
1259i · DNA testing information
Read when Home Affairs suggests DNA evidence. This is an information sheet, not a test order or a lab booking form.
- Follow the Department's case-specific testing arrangements before paying a laboratory.
Your task record
Conditional: follow the requesting authority's instructions for laboratory and sample handling. DNA is not an automatic requirement; do not order a test merely because it appears here.
Task source checked Oct 15, 2026Official references
This is planning guidance, checked on Oct 16, 2026. Follow current authority instructions and case-specific advice; it does not determine eligibility or approval.
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