To apply for a permit, complete the P1249 Application for a Visiting Tattooist Permit form (PDF) and include:

  • your full name
  • your date and place of birth
  • your intended residential address while in Australia
  • your intended postal address if it will be different from your intended residential address
  • details of where you intend to perform body art tattooing procedures
  • application fee payment details.

Your application must also include a copy of:

  • your passport, and
  • another kind of identification issued by the NSW Government, the Commonwealth Government, another state or territory government, or an overseas government, and
  • your visa to enter Australia. If a copy of a visa issued to you is not included in the application, you must provide with the application evidence that you have applied for a visa to enter Australia.

Note: SLED will not grant a visiting tattooist permit if the performance of a body art tattooing procedure would be in breach of a condition of the visa issued to the applicant to enter Australia.

SLED must receive fully completed application forms, accompanying information, and the application fee at least 28 days before the proposed start date of the permit.

The visiting tattooist permit fee for the 2023-24 financial year is $258.

Application forms and accompanying attachments must be posted to SLED at:

Security Licensing & Enforcement Directorate

Locked Bag 5099

Parramatta NSW 2124