In order to establish a member of the forces of a Commonwealth country [2] or allied country [2] eligibility to benefits, domicile must be established. Below are details of how to establish domicile if a claimant states that it has changed.
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The onus is on the claimant to prove changed domicile. If he or she was born in Australia or is shown to have acquired Australian domicile, the Department will require strong evidence to refute such a claim. Similarly a person born, or previously domiciled, overseas will need to provide conclusive evidence of the acquisition of an Australian domicile.
The following information, as appropriate, should be sought when investigating a person's domicile:
Verification of information supplied in support of the claim should be obtained wherever possible. Some sources of information relating to domicile are:
A Commonwealth country is a country, other than Australia, that is, or was at the relevant time, a part of the Dominions of the Crown.
An allied country is a country, other than Australia or a Commonwealth country, whose forces were engaged in an operational area against an enemy, at the relevant time, which was also engaged against forces of the Commonwealth.
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[1] https://clik.dva.gov.au/user/login?destination=node/16826%23comment-form
[2] https://clik.dva.gov.au/%23
[3] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16826#tgt-cspol_part3_ftn217
[4] https://clik.dva.gov.au/compensation-and-support-policy-library/part-3-income-support-eligibility/35-residency/354-domicile/relevance-domicile
[5] https://clik.dva.gov.au/book/export/html/16826#ref-cspol_part3_ftn217