Form
Nomination for Global Talent
Department of Home Affairs
Important – Please read this information carefully before you
complete the nomination form. Once you have completed the
nomination we strongly advise that you keep a copy for your
records.
A nominator
The term ‘nominator’ describes an individual or organisation
who has completed this form to attest to information in relation
to an applicant for a Global Talent (subclass 858) visa.
More information about the Global Talent (subclass 858) visa is
available from the Department of Home Affairs (the Department)
website https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-
visa/visa-listing/global-talent-visa-858
The nomination
Under the Migration Regulations 1994, to be granted a Global
Talent visa, an applicant must produce a completed form 1000
(this form) which requires the applicant’s record of achievement
in their area of talent to be attested to by an Australian citizen,
permanent resident*, eligible New Zealand citizen** or an
Australian organisation. In this form, that attestation is called a
nomination and the person who makes the attestation is you.
By completing and signing this form, you are confirming that in
your opinion, the applicant:
• has an internationally recognised record of exceptional and
outstanding achievements in their field;
• is currently prominent in their field;
• will be an asset to the Australian community; and
• will be able to obtain employment, or become independently
established in their field in Australia.
How to fill in this form
Please open this form using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Either type (in English) in the fields provided or print this form
and complete it (in English) using a pen and BLOCK LETTERS.
If a question does not apply, please provide a brief comment on
why you believe this to be the case.
Please feel free to provide any additional relevant information to
any question on a separate attached sheet which you should sign
and date.
The nominator should attach:
• a personal, comprehensive statement summarising details of
the applicant’s achievements in their field;
• details of the applicant’s, and your own achievements in your
common field (see Question 8, and either Questions 34 or
46);
• relevant supporting documentation (newspaper/magazine
articles, supporting comments from qualified persons, web
links) about the applicant; and
• details of employment arrangements or other assistance used
to help establish the applicant.
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Integrity of nomination
The Department is committed to maintaining the integrity of the
visa and citizenship programs. In relation to this nomination, if
the applicant or a member of the applicant’s family unit:
• provides, or has provided in a previous application, fraudulent
documents or false or misleading information (knowingly or
not); and/or
• fail to satisfy, or have failed to satisfy in a previous application,
the Minister of their identity;
this visa application may be refused and the applicant, and any
members of the applicant’s family unit, may become unable to be
granted a visa for specified periods of time, as set out in
migration legislation.
If fraudulent or misleading information is provided in relation to
the nomination, it may be a detriment to the nominator’s
reputation and credibility.
If documents are found to be fraudulent or information to be
incorrect after the grant of a visa, the visa may subsequently be
cancelled.
Providing the nomination
To make a valid application for a Global Talent visa, the applicant
must provide a completed form 1000 with their visa application.
The form must be signed by the nominator, or someone with
legal authority to act on behalf of the nominating organisation.
The form 1000 should be accompanied by the relevant
supporting documentation, which will be considered as part of
the assessment of the visa application.
The Department cannot provide any personal details about
individuals, expressions of interest or visa applications without
authorisation from the individual.
Further information can be provided to
GlobalTalent@homeaffairs.gov.au.
Nominator status in Australia
The nominator should confirm their residency status prior to
submitting this form.
If the nominator is not an Australian organisation, an Australian
citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an eligible New
Zealand citizen, the visa application may be refused.
Lodging the visa application
The applicant should apply online at www.homeaffairs.gov.au
* An Australian permanent resident (permanent resident) is a non-
citizen who is usually resident in Australia and holds a permanent
visa.
** An eligible New Zealand citizen is one who held a Special
Category Visa (SCV) on 26 February 2001; or held a SCV for at
least 1 year in the 2 years immediately before that date; or
otherwise assessed as ‘protected SCV holders’ under the Social
Security Act 1991 - in which case written confirmation must be
provided from Centrelink.
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Charges
The Department does not charge for processing a Global Talent
nomination. However, the applicant is required to pay the
current charge for a migration visa application.
Refer to www.homeaffairs.gov.au for a complete and current
list of applicable fees and charges.
Important information about privacy
The Privacy Act 1988 contains 13 Australian Privacy Principles
which regulate the way that the Department collects and handles
personal information. Information about how the Department
collects, uses and discloses personal information for its key
functions can be found in form 1442i Privacy notice. More
information about the Department’s general information handling
practices (including form 1442i) can be found in the Department’s
Privacy policy at https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/access-and-
accountability/our-commitments/privacy
What is immigration assistance?
A person gives immigration assistance if he or she uses, or
purports to use, his or her knowledge or experience in migration
procedure to assist a person with matters related under the
Migration Act 1958.
Immigration assistance is often provided during visa application
processes, visa cancellation processes or sponsorship processes
(including monitoring or sanctions).
Note: Immigration assistance does not include simply filling in
an application form, translating or interpreting or passing on
information about an application without comment or
explanation.
Registered migration agents
A registered migration agent is a person who is registered with
the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority
(OMARA) to provide immigration assistance.
If operating in Australia, migration agents must be registered with
the OMARA.
Information on registered migration agents, including how to
find one, is available on the OMARA website www.mara.gov.au
Legal practitioners
A legal practitioner is a lawyer who holds an Australian legal
practising certificate (whether restricted or unrestricted) granted
under a law of an Australian state or territory.
Legal practitioners can provide immigration assistance in
connection with legal practice.
Information on legal practitioners, including how to find one, is
available on the Law Council of Australia website.
Information on legal practitioners can also be sought from the
relevant state or territory legal professional bodies.
Exempt persons
The following people do not have to be a registered migration
agent or legal practitioner in order to provide immigration
assistance:
• a close family member (spouse, child, adopted child, parent,
brother or sister of a visa applicant)
• a sponsor or nominator for a visa applicant
• a member of parliament or their staff
• a member of a diplomatic mission, consular post or
international organisation.
An exempt person must not charge a fee for their assistance.
In Australia, if they do charge a fee, they are committing an
offence and penalties of up to 10 years jail can apply.
Please keep these information pages for your reference
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Appointing a registered migration agent/legal practitioner/exempt
person
Your registered migration agent/legal practitioner/exempt person
should complete form 956 Appointment of a registered
migration agent, legal practitioner or exempt person.
Form 956 is available from the Department’s website
www.homeaffairs.gov.au/allforms/
Options for receiving written communications
If you do not appoint a migration agent/legal practitioner/exempt
person you may still authorise another person, in writing, to
receive written communications on your behalf. This person is
called the authorised recipient.
Authorised recipient information
All written communication will be sent to your authorised
recipient.
The Department will communicate with the most recently
appointed authorised recipient as you may only appoint one
authorised recipient at any time for a particular application.
You will be taken to have received any documents sent to that
person as if they had been sent to you.
To appoint an authorised recipient you should complete: form
956A Appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient.
Note: Migration agents/legal practitioners/exempt persons do
not need to complete form 956A.
Form 956A is available from the Department’s website
www.homeaffairs.gov.au/allforms/
Consent to communicate electronically
The Department may use a range of means to communicate with
you. However, electronic means such as email will only be used if
you indicate your agreement to receiving communication in this
way.
If you agree to the Department communicating with you by
electronic means, the details you provide will only be used by the
Department for the purpose for which you have provided them,
unless there is a legal obligation or necessity to use them for
another purpose, or you have consented to use for another
purpose. They will not be added to any mailing list.
The Australian Government accepts no responsibility for the
security or integrity of any information sent to the Department
over the internet or by other electronic means.
If you authorise another person to receive documents on your
behalf and they wish to be contacted electronically, their
signature is required on form 956 or 956A to indicate their
consent to this form of communication.
Note: Electronic communication is the fastest means of
communication available and the Department prefers to
communicate electronically because this results in faster
processing.
Further information
For more information on Global Talent you may consult the
Department’s website www.homeaffairs.gov.au
Home page www.homeaffairs.gov.au
General Telephone 131 881 during business hours
enquiry line in Australia to speak to an operator (recorded
information available outside these hours).
If you are outside Australia, please contact
your nearest Australian mission.
 Form

Nomination for Global Talent 1000

Department of Home Affairs

Please open this form using Adobe Acrobat Reader. 9 Explain why you consider the applicant to have an internationally
Either type (in English) in the fields provided or print this form recognised record of exceptional and outstanding achievement in their
and complete it (in English) using a pen and BLOCK LETTERS. profession, the arts, sport, or research and academia.
Tick where applicable 3 Dr Lee is qualified as a pathologist by examination in
Australia and New Zealand, as well as UK, Hong Kong
and Europe. She is also a holder of three master degrees
Applicant’s details including two awarded by universities in the UK. She was
a visiting scholar at Department of Molecular and Human
1 Applicant’s full name Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine in the US. Currently
Dr Lee is an Associate Editor of the peer-reviewed
Family name
international medical journal "BMC Neurology" (5-year
LEE Impact Factor: 2.993) published by Elsevier. She is also an
Examiner in genetics of the Royal College of Pathologists
Given names in the UK.
Han Chih Hencher
Dr Lee is one of the team collaborator of the International
Working Group on Neurotransmitter Related Disorders
Day Month Year (iNTD Network). With her research in biosensors she was
2 Applicant’s date of birth 14-Oct-1981 also the chapter co-author for the book "Dietary Sugars:
Chemistry, Analysis, Function and Effects", published by
Royal Society of Chemistry in UK. She has been a
3 Applicant’s country of birth co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in
Hong Kong international journals, including invited review articles, in
the fields of genomic medicine, clinical biochemistry,
metabolic medicine and toxicology. Her h-index on
4 Citizenship of applicant Google Scholar is 15. She was an awardee of the
Hong Kong International Membership Grant by Association for
Molecular Pathology in the US in 2015, and a recipient of
Wellcome Trust Bursary and National Human Genome
5 Applicant’s residential address Research Institute Stipend to visit the Wellcome Genome
Campus in the UK and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in
Flat C, 8/F, Tower 1B, The Latitude the US. She was selected one of the ten "Hong Kong
San Po Kong Professional Elite Ladies" by Junior Chamber International
City Lady in 2020. As a researcher in the field of genomic
Hong Kong Postcode KLN medicine she was interviewed by a digital magazine
"NatureVolve" based in the UK.
6 Applicant’s telephone number(s)
Country code Area code Number

Office hours ( 852 ) ( ) 29901827

10 Is the applicant still prominent in their field?
After hours ( 852 ) ( ) 64148998 No
Yes ✔
7 Applicant’s field of talent:
Select one only 11 Is the applicant associated with a Global Talent sector?
See https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/
a profession, or ✔
visas-for-innovation/global-talent-independent-program/
the arts, or eligibility
sport, or No
research and academia Yes ✔ What is the applicant’s Global Talent sector?
Note: Applicant’s for the Distinguished Talent pathway do
8 Give a brief description of the profession, arts, sport or research and not need to select a Global Talent sector.
academia in which the applicant is involved
Health Industries
Dr Lee is a medical practitioner and a specialist in
genomic pathology and chemical pathology, whose major
work is to provide pathology services to support clinical
patient diagnosis and management, manage clinical
laboratories, and conduct relevant research.

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12 Give a statement of the applicant’s current prominence in their field
Dr Lee is currently working in Hong Kong as a specialist
in genetic pathology and chemical pathology, and she is
the consulting pathologist of multiple hospitals. She holds
posts of honorary assistant professors and teaches
undergraduate medical students and postgraduate diploma
courses in both medical schools in Hong Kong.
13 Describe how the applicant would be an asset to the Australian
community
With her high expertise in the fields of clinical
biochemistry and genomics Dr Lee would be welcomed to
join our workforce in Australia. She is also familiar to
work with point of care testing and precision medicine
testing which are also greatly needed assets in the
Australian pathology profession. Her experiences as
review board members in overseeing research projects and
clinical trials would also contribute to the academia.
14 Give an explanation of why the applicant would have no difficulty in
obtaining employment, or in becoming established independently, in
Australia, in their field
Dr Lee is a clinical pathologist with dual fellowship
qualifications who had previously received multiple job
offers from Australian pathology institutes. She has been
granted in-principle approval by AHPRA for her medical
practitioner registration.
15 Is the applicant currently employed?
No
Yes ✔ Current annual salary
390,000
16 Applicant occupation name
Chemical pathologist / Genetic Pathologist
17 Has the applicant received an offer of employment in Australia?
No
Yes ✔
18 Expected annual salary when work in Australia is commenced
400,000
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19 Give details of the applicant’s proposed activity in Australia and how
their skills and experience would be utilised
Dr Lee plans to have employment in an Australian clinical
laboratory in the capacity as a specialist in genetic
pathology and/or chemical pathology and continue to
develop her profession with application of the latest
medical technologies into clinical patient services, conduct
relevant clinical research, as well as provide professional
training and supervision to resident trainees.
20 Give details of any registration / licensing / professional memberships
held by the applicant
- Fellowship of Royal College of Pathologists of
Australasia (FRCPA) in medical genomics
- Fellowship of Royal College of Pathologists of
Australasia (FRCPA) in chemical pathology
- AHPRA specialist registration (in-principle approval)
- Member of Australasian Society of Diagnostic Genomics
- Member of Australasian Society for Inborn Errors of
Metabolism
21 Is the applicant aged below 18 or aged 55 years or above?
No ✔
Yes Indicate how you consider the applicant would be of
exceptional benefit to the Australian community
22 Explain how you were satisfied that the applicant’s claims were genuine
The applicant and I have both worked in the field of
genetic pathology in Australia, and I have personally
known the applicant for approximately 10 years now.
Records of most of her qualifications and publications are
also freely accessible on the Internet for cross-checking. I
do not have hesitation that the claims of the applicant are
genuine.
 Nominator’s details 33 What is the contact officer’s authority to represent the Australian
organisation? (Tick one only)
Senior Manager in the organisation
23 As nominator, are you representing an Australian organisation or are you
an individual? Authorisation received by a Senior
Manager in the organisation Attach evidence
A ustralian organisation Complete Part A
✔ Complete Part B
Individual Other
Give details

Part A – Nomination by an Australian

organisation
24 Registered name of nominating organisation 34 Describe how your organisation has acquired a national reputation in the
same area as the applicant

25 Trading name (if different from above)

26 Provide details of all registration identifiers for the organisation

Registration type (eg. Pty Ltd)

Registered ID (eg. ABN)

35 Do you agree to the Department communicating with you by email or
other electronic means?
No
27 Office address in Australia of nominating organisation
Yes Give details
Email address

Postcode

Declaration of the nominating Australian

28 Organisation website (if available) organisation
WARNING: Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
36 • I hereby declare that the information I have supplied in this form is
29 Industry type
complete, truthful and correct in every detail.
• I understand that if any fraudulent documents or false or misleading
information has been provided with this nomination, or if the
30 Telephone number applicant fails to satisfy the Minister of their identity, the application
may be refused and the applicant, and any other member of the
Office hours (Area code ) applicant’s family unit, may become unable to be granted a visa for
specified periods of time.
Mobile/Cell • I understand that if documents are found to be fraudulent or
information to be incorrect after the grant of a visa, the visa may
31 Name of contact officer within the organisation subsequently be cancelled.
Family name • I understand that the Department of Home Affairs may be required to
disclose nominator information, if required to meet disclosure
obligations under law, statutory, or portfolio duties.
Given names
Signature of
contact
officer -
32 Position of contact officer Day Month Year

Date

Go to Question 48 - you do not need to complete Part B

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 Part B – Nomination by an individual 46 Describe how you have acquired a national reputation in the same area
as the applicant

37 Nominator’s full name

Family name

Given names

Indeterminate /
38 Sex Male Female Intersex / Unspecified

Day Month Year

39 Date of birth

40 List all countries of citizenship

41 Residential address Note: A street address is required

Postcode
Declaration of nomination by an
42 Postal address (if same as Residential address write ‘As above’) individual
WARNING: Giving false or misleading information is a serious offence.
47 • I hereby declare that the information I have supplied in this form is
Postcode complete, truthful and correct in every detail.
• I understand that if any fraudulent documents or false or misleading
43 Telephone numbers information has been provided with this nomination, or if the
Country code Area code Number applicant fails to satisfy the Minister of their identity, the application
may be refused and the applicant, and any other member of the
Office hours ( ) ( )
applicant’s family unit, may become unable to be granted a visa for
specified periods of time.
After hours ( ) ( )
• I understand that if documents are found to be fraudulent or
Mobile/Cell information to be incorrect after the grant of a visa, the visa may
subsequently be cancelled.
• I understand that the Department of Home Affairs may be required to
44 Do you agree to the Department communicating with you by email or disclose nominator information, if required to meet disclosure
other electronic means? obligations under law, statutory, or portfolio duties.
No
Yes Give details Signature of
individual
Email address nominator -
Day Month Year
45 What is your status in Australia? Australian citizen Date
Australian permanent resident
Eligible New Zealand citizen
Note: The nominator should confirm their Australian citizenship,
Australian permanent residency or status as an eligible New Zealand
citizen prior to submitting this form. Refer to definitions on page 1 of this
form.

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 Assistance with this form
48 As the nominator, did you receive assistance in completing this form?
No ✔ You do not need to answer any more questions
Yes Please give details of the person who assisted you

Title: Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other

Family name

Given names
Address

Postcode

Telephone number or daytime contact

Country code Area code Number

Office hours ( ) ( )

Mobile/cell

49 Is the person a registered migration agent, Australian legal practitioner

or an exempt person?
No
Yes You do not need to answer any more questions

50 Did you pay the person and/or give a gift for this assistance?
No
Yes

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