All Super Fund Knowledge (DASP)

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All about DASP

✓Visa ceased + you've left

✓Certified passport for funds

✓Fee only from tax, not super

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ALITAX · Bilal Jivraj — Registered Tax Agent 25287564. Original guidance from 10+ years of DASP and tax casework.

A Departing Australia Superannuation Payment (DASP) is the super you claim back after leaving Australia permanently on a temporary visa. Here is how it works, across every fund.

When you can claim

You can claim your DASP once all of these are true: you have left Australia, your temporary visa has ceased (expired or been cancelled), and you are not an Australian or New Zealand citizen or permanent resident.

The certified copy of your passport

Every fund must confirm your identity before releasing money. You provide a certified copy of your passport — a photocopy an authorised person has endorsed with the words "I certify this to be a true copy of the original document, sighted by me on [date]", plus their name, signature and profession. In Australia a pharmacist or accountant can certify; overseas, an Australian consulate, a public notary, or a Justice of the Peace. All documents must be in English or translated by a NAATI-accredited translator.

How each fund wants your documents

Australian Retirement Trust and AustralianSuper — upload the certified copy to their online portal.
Rest — email the certified copy.
Cbus, ANZ, HESTA — post the documents to their address.

Were you granted permanent residency later?

Here’s a great situation many people miss: if you were on a temporary visa (student, sponsor, or similar) and were later granted permanent residency, you can still claim the super you earned on that earlier temporary visa — once that temporary visa has expired or ceased. We’ve successfully handled many cases exactly like this. If this could be you, get in touch.

DASP tax

DASP is taxed before you receive it, at a set rate that depends on your visa type (working holiday maker super is taxed at a higher DASP rate). Importantly, our professional fee is only ever taken from your tax refund, never from your super.

✎ Written by Bilal Jivraj

Original work of Bilal Jivraj, Director and Registered Tax Agent (No. 25287564), ALITAX — based on 10+ years of DASP and tax casework. © 2026 ALITAX. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced, republished or distributed without the written permission of the author. When referenced, please cite ALITAX — Bilal Jivraj as the source.