Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / February 2007

Hi all,

I'm a little (a lot) confused about having form 888 completed by people
in the Uk, whether they be Australians in the UK or Brits in the UK.

I called Australia House in London last week and they said it was fine
for either and Aussie or a Brit to complete form 888 and have it
witnessed in the UK.

Now, I've been reading some posts on here regarding the topic and
many people have said that Brits can not complete form 888 because
the form is intended for Aussies in Australia and the legal wording
of the form refers to Australia stat dec law, and that if they do
they wont be accepted.

So who is right? Should I listen to the person I spoke to at Australia
House or not? I'm worried that if I do take what they said as fact that
when we send of our application with forms 888 all completed by Brits
and witnessed in UK that they'll reject them, then I'll say that I was
told by Aus House that I could, and they'll ask "oh, and who was
that?", etc etc.

It's driving me mad! To be safe I thought we'd just use UK stat decs for
Brits and Aussies in the UK, but alas the UK government doesn't have a
standard Stat Dec form (though they have one for every other matter
under the sun). I've found a few posts on here that provide the basic
wording for a UK stat dec but where does this come from?

Please help. It's confusing me majorly and starting to really get me
down.

Thanks guys.