Everyone who wants to enter Australia must be of good character and all applicants are assessed against the character requirements in Section 501 of the Migration Act, 1958. As part of your visa application, you might be required to provide a police clearance certificate or other evidence to satisfy the character requirements. For example, you will not be likely to pass the DIBP character test if you have a substantial criminal record, which means you may have been sentenced to 12 months or more in prison, or you have multiple prior sentences – that collectively add up to more than 12 months in prison. In this regard a “suspended sentence” is considered as a “prison sentence”, even if you didn’t end up going to prison and serving time.
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