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Departing Australia Superannuation Payment (DASP) — Withdraw Super After Leaving
Document Checklist
Passport
Purpose: Confirms identity and, via the departure stamp, evidences physical departure from Australia. Same name, date of birth, and passport number entered in the DASP online system must match the passport exactly.
Format: Original for the DASP online application; certified copy required for paper applications to a super fund or to the ATO.
Identity-verification mismatches (passport name spelling differing between the application and the passport itself) are a published cause of DASP processing delay.
Subclass 417 / 462 / 482 / 500 / 491 etc.
Temporary visa evidence
Purpose: Proof that the claimant held a temporary visa issued under the Migration Act 1958 and that the visa has ceased to be in effect (expired or cancelled).
Acceptable forms: Visa grant notice with cessation date, passport page bearing the visa label, or a Certification of Immigration Status (Form 1194) issued by the Department of Home Affairs.
Holders of Subclass 405 (Investor Retirement) and Subclass 410 (Retirement) are excluded from DASP eligibility — those visas use separate pathways.
Form 1194
Certification of Immigration Status (CIS)
Required when: Withdrawal benefit in a single super fund is A$5,000 or more. Below A$5,000, the super fund may accept certified copies of passport (with departure stamp) plus visa evidence instead — subject to fund policy.
Issued by: Department of Home Affairs, electronically and directly to the super fund(s) named on the request. A single Form 1194 lodgement can request CIS to multiple super funds.
Fee: Listed at A$55.77 in published Form 1194 cover material recorded at December 2023. Paid via ImmiAccount before lodging. The fee applies once per Form 1194 lodgement regardless of how many super funds are listed.
Form 1194 is also required where the claimant cannot produce an expired visa label or passport — overriding the under-A$5,000 alternative-evidence pathway.
Tax File Number (TFN)
Status: Optional in the DASP application. If entered into the DASP online system, the system searches for and displays the claimant's super accounts automatically.
Without TFN: Each super fund's Australian Business Number (ABN) and the member account details must be supplied manually.
TFN is the lookup key for ATO-held super and any consolidation across funds. Supply it where the claimant has one.
Super fund details
Australian Business Number (ABN): Each super fund holding a balance for the claimant. Required for paper applications and for online applications where TFN is not supplied.
Member account number: Per fund, identifies the claimant's accumulation account within that fund.
Capture ABNs and member numbers before departure — recovering them from overseas is the single most-cited cause of DASP processing delay.
Bank account details
For super-fund-held DASP: Australian bank account in the claimant's name (for EFT), or, where the super fund supports it, overseas bank account details for an international money transfer (IMT).
For ATO-held DASP: Australian bank account in the claimant's name only (EFT), or Australian-dollar cheque. IMT is not available for ATO-held balances.
International banks do not generally accept AUD-denominated cheques for deposit. The ATO recommends EFT to an Australian bank account kept open after departure.
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