---
title: "Form B659: application for an advance ruling on origin"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b659-origin-advice"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a65-form-b659-origin-advice"
area_id: "A65"
kind: "form"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A65-RO20261022-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Form B659: application for an advance ruling on origin

> Completion guide for Australian Border Force Form B659, the signed application for an advance ruling on whether goods originate under one trade agreement or scheme.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b659-origin-advice  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [International Trade, Customs & Sanctions](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the official form at abf.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when there is a commitment or firm intent to import and the origin of specified goods under one agreement is uncertain. Each application is one origin matter. Lodge the current form.

## Used for these tasks

- [Assemble the facts for an origin advice on preferential tariff treatment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/assemble-the-facts-for-an-origin-advice-on-preferential-tariff-treatment.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may list materials, classifications and the manufacturing steps the lawyer has marked; the lawyer decides the origin issue, signs Form B659, and chooses the lodgement address.

**AI may:**

- Build a table of materials with description, tariff classification and country from the bill of materials the lawyer marks
- Check the draft names one agreement and one origin issue, and lists the applicant, importer, supplier and manufacturer
- Flag a missing signature or missing supporting documents

**AI must not:**

- Must not say whether the goods originate
- Must not sign the form or choose between chafta@abf.gov.au and origin@abf.gov.au
- Must not put a second origin issue on the same application

**The lawyer checks:**

- One agreement and one origin issue, unless the origin-advice page allows a transhipment question to cover more than one classification
- China-Australia agreement applications go to chafta@abf.gov.au. Other applications go to origin@abf.gov.au
- The applicant signs. Previous tariff, origin or valuation rulings are disclosed if the form asks
- Supporting documents are attached before the application is treated as complete

## Authorities

- [Australian Border Force, Form B659 Application for Advance Ruling (Origin)](https://www.abf.gov.au/form-listing/forms/b659.pdf)
- [Australian Border Force, Origin advice](https://www.abf.gov.au/importing-exporting-and-manufacturing/fta/origin-advice)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.abf.gov.au/form-listing/forms/b659.pdf)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by abf.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## 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/international-trade-customs-and-sanctions/form-b659-origin-advice 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.*