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title: "Form 1022 Notification of changes in circumstances (Migration Act s 104): when to notify and how to complete it"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/form-1022-change-in-circumstances"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a30-form-1022-change-in-circumstances"
area_id: "A30"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A30-P20260916-4", "A30-T1-R10"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-18"
---

# Form 1022 Notification of changes in circumstances (Migration Act s 104): when to notify and how to complete it

> Link to the Department's Form 1022 with a guide to the s 104 duty to notify changes that affect an answer in a visa application, when the duty ends, Form 1023 for incorrect answers, the declaration, and cancellation…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/form-1022-change-in-circumstances  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-18

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

Link to the Department's Form 1022 with a guide to the s 104 duty to notify changes that affect an answer in a visa application, when the duty ends, Form 1023 for incorrect answers, the declaration, and cancellation risk.

## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-18
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-18 against the official form at immi.homeaffairs.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when a visa applicant's circumstances change after lodgment in a way that affects any answer in the application (for example address, relationship, family members, employment or character matters), before the visa is granted or before immigration clearance.

## Used for these tasks

- [Prepare a response-to-information-request checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/prepare-a-response-to-information-request-checklist.md)
- [Build a visa-condition and bridging or interim-visa checklist](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law.md#A30-T1-R10)

## How AI may be used

AI may compare the lodged application's answers with the client's new information and list the answers affected; the lawyer or agent decides what must be notified and checks every answer in each form, and the client signs the declaration.

**AI may:**

- Compare each answer in the lodged application with the client's new information and list the answers that may have changed
- Check the completed form answers every question, as the form requires
- Flag where the change looks like an earlier incorrect answer (Form 1023) rather than a change in circumstances

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide whether a change must be notified or whether an earlier answer was incorrect
- Must not describe the new circumstances in words the client has not confirmed
- Must not put identity, health or character information into a tool the client has not consented to

**The lawyer checks:**

- The change affects an answer in the application and the visa has not been granted (onshore) or the person has not been immigration cleared (offshore)
- Form 1022 is right, not Form 1023 (incorrect answers)
- Every question answered; the client has read the declaration that the information is true and correct
- Form sent to the office handling the application, or the office responsible for the matter

## Authorities

- [Migration Act 1958 (Cth) s 104 (changes in circumstances to be notified)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1958A00062/latest/text)
- [Department of Home Affairs, Form 1022 Notification of changes in circumstances](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/1022.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/form-listing/forms/1022.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by immi.homeaffairs.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-18.

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/immigration-and-migration-law/form-1022-change-in-circumstances and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*